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Hey guys. All good? I'm curious to know what is the daily eating habits of people from around the world, and to know if you feel healthy and well-nourished with your diet. In my country, our basis food tends to be similar across different regions, but with few variations. At breakfast or afternoon: we eat bread (here we call it "French bread" or "filão", which is wheat flour bread) with butter or cream cheese. We drink coffee (most often sweetened with sugar). Some people have the habit of eating scrambled eggs or fruit. For lunch and dinner: rice and beans, some type of meat (usually red meat), cooked vegetables, and lettuce, arugula and tomato salad. During the week, we vary the type of meat, vegetables, and salad, while keeping rice and beans. The beans and rice are cooked with water, salt, onion and garlic. Actually, almost all the main meal is cooked with onion and garlic sautéed lol This forms the basis of Brazil's eating habits. I know that Northeastern cuisine in my country has some variations (but I don't know them all) In Northeastern It is common to eat cassava flour, used to make tapioca, a type of "pancake" eaten for breakfast, and to make sautéed flour (farofa), eaten for lunch or dinner with cooked beans. Corn flour is used to make couscous, a typical northeastern dish. It looks like a corn cake (usually a salted cake, acompannied with butter and eggs). For disert it depends, but usually is chocolate, coffee, ice cream, paçoca (peanut sweet)... I would like to do some variations for my dishes, try to do something different. I like my eating habits, but I want to learn something different! On the image, a typical Brazilian food dish

@mmKay thank you for your reply... It's exactly what you suggested... but, there is a thing that made me think about it... When you ask if I'm not satisfied with my people skills I think that a skill is something that I can learn. And... Can I learn and apply in practice, but this "learn" will help me to feel the connection? Or will I just replicate something I learned (how to act, how to be, what to avoid) ? ... I'm not sure if I can explain what I'm feeling right now about it... but I think that I can learn a skill but still don't feel a connection with people... Does this make any sense for you?

Hi! I apologize in advance for the giant text... These days I've been reflecting on why some things don't seem to work out in my life... I'm one of those people who can't maintain the friendships….. I have very few friends, only one of whom I'm pretty sure enjoys my company... I feel like people feels a litlle bit tired of my "observations". And I'm also very closed off, I can't bring up interesting conversations, unless the other person has a profile very similar to mine. I'm a healthcare professional (dentist... no jokes, please, lol ), and I really like my work... it's the way that makes me feel a little bit connected to people, but it seems that my work isn't going forward… Sometimes I feel stuck, as if everything I do isn’t working... Many things are going wrong... I'm very anxious and think a lot about the procedure, but not so much on the patient... And I feel that this "energy" has always accompanied me in my life in other situations, and now it accompanies me at work... So, I think I realized that the problem might be in the way I connect with people... I feel like I've improved over time (like a human being)... When I was a child, I remember being, perhaps, cold?... and very practical/objective for some situations. My older sister has always corrected me throughout my life on these issues... For example: to give more attention to grandparents; not talking about or questioning something that might be uncomfortable for the other person (but I had no idea that it was something uncomfortable... You know?). However, I’m still feeling this "distance" from people... It's like as if I can't see others as the full human beings they are, and their needs. I still don't have much “common sense” in some situations. I'm a very sincere person, and sometimes I don't even realize that what I say can lead to a specific thought for someone else... I only realize it later, when I talk to someone close to me. I feel like people get me wrong sometimes... Lately, I've been taking cases thinking about the money I need. I'm not a mercenary or anything, I’m just worried with the bills I have to pay... These days I followed a dentist friend's appointments, to learn a few things about behavior and handling with the patient, and I found very interesting the way she connects with her patients. Her patients have become her friends and have been treated by her for many years. She has a very special affection, it's something really impressive to see... I admired her work when I saw this, because I saw a real connection that I honestly don't have... She is very human... Sometimes I feel I'm just pursuing my obligations... despite I love what I do… Do you guys understand what I want to say here? Because it's something that I can't even describe in words, I'm so "rigid" in that sense... While I'm attending, I try to be very affectionate with my patients, but I can't feel an extra connection, in the sense I mentioned above. Like, I'm not expecting to see them again (since the problem was resolved), or thinking about them, if they are ok, if the treatment went well, how is their lives going... The question is: Does what I feel make sense? This is normal? How can I improve on it?? I know there is no "recipe" for this… But maybe trying to seet this situation in other perspective...? Any help? Thanks for whom read this until here.