Pick a couple of your favourite meals. Learn how to make it better and faster than restaurants.

You can take a cooking class or watch videos. I’d recommend starting by watching Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat on Netflix. My cooking has elevated to the point where going out to eat is frustrating and disappointing.

If you don’t know already, learn how to choose the best ingredients. Also get a proper knife and cookware to make cooking more enjoyable.

While you’re eating it slow down and think about how much better it tastes and that you’re proud of yourself for making it so quickly.

When you get the urge to go out to eat, think about how long it will take for you to actually eat vs just making it at home yourself. Think about the effort of going to the restaurant or mindlessly scrolling to find something on a delivery app.

You can swap out ingredients on these meals to create variety. My go-to meals are fish tacos and pasta with pan seared vegetables and an egg sunny side up

Additional tip: Clean up as you go

In between stirring or while your food is in the oven, put food away in the fridge, rinse and put things in the dishwasher, wipe down countertops. It makes waiting for your food to cook go by faster

Don’t believe everything your mind tells you. If your mind says you don’t feel like doing something, immediately say “not today.” Then do the thing. Eventually the fear part of your brain which is responsible for preventing discomfort will stop speaking up when you feel uncomfortable.