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Rediscovering the Courage to Create Again|從重新相信自己開始

Updated: May 16, 2025 · Published: Apr 4, 2025 by bonnie.yveskitchen · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

🌱 This page isn’t about a recipe. It’s a note to myself — "a courage to create again", a reminder that it’s okay to pause, and beautiful to begin again.

These photos were from a time when I lived and breathed this kitchen, and when readers left gentle words that still warm me today.

Yves Kitchen with country style kitchen cabinet and apron
cookbook cover with banana bread
Bonnie is standing in the kitchen

If you’ve also paused, doubted, or been quiet for a while — I see you. Let’s begin again, softly.


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  • The Moment I Realized I Was Ready
  • 我終於相信:自己可以再次出發

The Moment I Realized I Was Ready

I used to think I needed to prepare more — more skills, more time, more clarity. I told myself I wasn't ready, not yet, not good enough. But somewhere between the quiet kitchen mornings and sleepless nights of doubt, something shifted.

It wasn’t a sudden burst of confidence, nor a dramatic turning point. It was a gentle, persistent voice inside that said:

"Maybe it’s time to stop preparing and start creating."

So I opened my laptop again. Not to scroll, not to plan endlessly — but to write. To begin. And here we are.

📖 Thanks for reading my words, love. 🌿


我終於相信:自己可以再次出發

曾經我也以為,那些停下來的日子是因為「還沒準備好」, 總覺得要多學一點、多試一點,才夠資格繼續。

但原來,真正困住我的,不是能力,而是慣性。

是過去的失敗帶來的自我設限,讓我一直以為自己還不夠好; 是外界的聲音與比較,讓我懷疑自己的步伐太慢。

直到有天,我看見一張圖片。 是一隻大象,在兩座懸崖之間飛躍。 那一刻我突然想起自己—— 明明早已具備力量,卻一直不敢跳過那道看不見的縫隙。

我問自己:如果今天不跨出去,那還要等多久? 於是我打開電腦,把堆積心裡的想說的話寫下來, 不再為「完美內容」而卡住, 只為了真實的自己,寫下這篇回來的記錄。

📚 謝謝你願意讀到這裡。
也謝謝你讓我知道,這些文字不是孤單的自語。
🍃 故事還會繼續,謝謝你陪我走這段路。

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Yves Kitchen, Bonnie Yves

Hi, I'm Bonnie

I cook, write & preserve food traditions between cultures,
from a Thai village to my tenement kitchen in Edinburgh.

Silver Award Winner . World Marmalade Awards 2026

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