Into the Fridge 🌀
Heather Hurst on breakfast tacos and disappearing
Heather Hurst 🌀
is a writer, personal stylist, and content creator living in Brooklyn with her best friend and her dog, Pig. I find Heather’s creativity hugely inspiring, so I’m very excited for you to experience a just a bit of it here. 
What is your fridge philosophy?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Your fridge is always always always stocked with ____.
Ghia, frozen organic chicken nuggets, parsley, eggs, hummus, Siggi’s lemon yogurt, frozen Costco veggies, arugula, frozen PB dates
Top condiment picks, go.
Honey mustard
Raspberry jam
Fine, I’ll open it up to pantry too. Let’s hear your favorite snacks / pantry staples:
Chocolate chips, pretzels, quicos, Annie’s mac and cheese, and a box of emergency cereal (usually Cocoa Krispies).
A meal that’s on heavy rotation these days:
Every morning, I have coffee with collagen and whole milk. I either eat Siggi’s yogurt with fruit and muesli, or a breakfast taco with eggs, veggies, salsa, cheese, and loads of parsley. I want to eat parsley every day.
In winter, it’s NYT chickpea stew (Alison Roman cancellation stew?!) or a turkey meatball soup with pastina and loads of parsley.
Let’s go a little deeper…
What’s the mantra you keep coming back to?
Change is the only constant. Asking myself ‘what would future me do?’, then doing that.
What products / practices are part of your regular mental wellness habits?
Reading, sitting outside, meeting new people: I need a constant reminder of how big the world is, and a way to live all the lives I won’t be able to live. Last week I met someone dating a professional clown.
Journaling: I’ve kept stream-of-consciousness vibe-only, no agenda journals since 2011, which is an incredibly humbling and humorous way to see what changes and what stays the same.
Disappearing: I love going to the movies, hiking, and camping (less frequently now in NY without a car). I only keep 8 apps on my home screen (no socials) and try to delete apps from my phone on weekends or leave it at home entirely. It’s greatly improved my memory and relationship with self-imposed immediacy.
Getting dressed: look good, feel good. Trite/true.
And your physical?
Yoga, hiking, Solidcore, walking.
I’m starting weightlifting and mobility work this year because I want to age like my 90-year-old friend who still lives alone and walks every morning to meet her friends for coffee.
What do you think is the most underrated part of wellness?
Being bored (restorative yoga, sitting in quiet, doing less, not rushing) and doing what works before doing what’s sexy. The greatest gift I give myself is more time to enjoy.
And overrated?
Too many apps. Over-optimizing for the sake of it. Stress is also a chronic illness and many of us take on too much of it quantifying the self in the name of ‘wellness.’
Picture this: you wake up one morning and feel like shit. What’s your next move:
Eat cereal and watercolor or watch something random. It can’t be on a news app, social media app, or even Substack, as the immediacy-proximity-algorithm dynamic of those channels is too overwhelming and distracting.
Recently: YouTube video on public transit in China, Lauren Ezersky interview, Susan Sontag essay.
Give us your ride or die wellness products:
Our mug collection (your daily select is of crucial importance)
her newest acquisition water
buckwheat tea
crossword subscription
good mattress
journal (current is About Blanks)
a sober sleep
and a weighted blanket
One thing you do everyday that makes you the most YOU version of yourself:
Two, because more is more: singing and having dessert.
Whose taste inspires you?!
Louise Bourgeois, Spencer Malinski,
Huge thank you to my darling friend
for sharing her fridge, and consequently, her life. She’s probably my favorite follow on Instagram and TikTok (not just saying that because she’s my pal), and read her writing over at . All of her fridge favorites + more are here.Feel free to leave a comment or respond to this email with questions you want asked, people you want featured, or anything else that’s on your mind. Don’t be shy, I love hearing from you.
This was one of my favorites for the very self-centred reason that it was super relatable -- watercolour, shatta, breakfast tacos, youtube video essays, Sontag, a weighted blanket, less apps. A woman after my own heart!
The Alison Roman cancellation stew sent me, LOL
YES to being as limber and active as her 90-year-old friend!
And this: "Doing what works before doing what’s sexy."