I used to cook super bland food and eventually started just tossing whatever seems good into the recipe while cooking. It usually works out somehow, especially with garlic and onion. Even something as simple as a half teaspoon of dried onion in a cheapo ramen pack does wonders for the flavor. I decided to try coating a burger in fresh diced onion while pan cooking (hate grill flavor sue me) and then scraping it off after and it adds a nice touch without being overwhelming. A splash of Worcestershire sauce into most anything involving teriyaki.

Oh VANILLA EXTRACT IN PANCAKES. If you haven't done that yet you are missing out. That's not really a wild invention but surprisingly few people I know have done it.

On a different note, I ended up taking a job completely unrelated to my comp sci degree. Always felt weird about it, but looking at coding job prospects now, I feel like I dodged a massive bullet.

On a whim, I did an internship at an architecture firm doing low voltage and media design while finishing my theatre degree. It opened my eyes to the possibility of working outside the entertainment industry. I ended up going back to school for a mechanical engineering degree and now I'm just over a year into my role at an industrial components company. I'd say it worked out pretty well!

Bit of a cliche one but I have been a pretty nerdy and sedintary person for most of my life. I decided to try working out at the gym, initially wasn't super into it but then became addicted and now I spend quite a lot of time outside work on my fitness and really love it.

Does getting married count? Pretty different than what came before.

Putting salt on mango and pineapple.

I don't live in a tropical region so imported tropical fruit can be a toss up. A colleague from tropical region told me to put salt on these fruit if they are too sour. Since then, I discovered a new way to eat tropical fruit.

I was a depressed, obese, nerdy, uncoordinated NEET who ran his way into weight loss and joined the French Foreign Legion and actually finished his 5 year contract. And I'm still nerdy and uncoordinated. 😅

Quit a job without a plan. That boss put me in contact with my next boss.

truthfully, the most important lesson I figured out as a young man

what would my mother do? what would my father do? I will do neither and if faced with difficulty... put my face into the rain and power my way through. doing what is right is usually hard. that's how you know it's the right choice.