Asklemmy

when you learn to cook food that tastes really good and that other people enjoy, it becomes much more than a survival activity and more like a hobby, though once you start you can't stop, I do all the cooking and baking at home 😅 To be honest, cooking gives my life most of its meaning, I am a cook more than anything else.

It does get harder to go back to poorly prepared meals, and you start to become dependent along with everyone in your family, as nobody wants to go back to box meals or restaurant food. You realize at some point you can't buy the kind of foods you can make at home. And it can be a lot of pressure to perform and deliver every day, but that provides its own rewards. In the end, I like working and producing something others value, and cooking is a rewarding kind of work.