I suffered from a long period depression during my grad program while I was away from home . I love to cook , and cooking good meals for myself helped make sure I had food that I might want to eat , as my appetite was almost nothing . It also gave me a productive distraction . Eating something delicious you made is like hugging yourself you ' re telling yourself that you are worth the time and effort to enjoy a basic necessity . Then again , I ' d go through periods of time where I couldn ' t handle cooking and wasn ' t hungry enough to eat . Point being , cooking for yourself can be a good way to foment some selfworth . You deserve a tasty meal . Your life might be shit , but you can still enjoy something tasty . <| sep |> I don ' t know what percent of the time notice was actually provided , So it could have been zero percent . You don ' t actually know because you cannot find one single example .