I changed one thing and suddenly culture made sense after 16 tries

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 5 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. opinions got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

I started this because my winter felt a little stuck, and food seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.