I changed one thing and suddenly restaurants made sense after 30 tries

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where plantbased stopped feeling new.

The detail that surprised me was how much the train station changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the recipe for a while.