Hiya

I'll commence posting here with this lil' tidbit:
Although culinary school was useful, and I DID learn how to function in a commercial kitchen there, most of what I do now is bred out of pure effort.

Hard work, bravado, overconfidence.
I've been going at it at full speed, holding back nothing. It's been maximum effort every day for over six months now.

I cooked for 23 days straight without a day off, and I'm now off one day a week till the end of this month.

I'm tired as hell. But there will be a payoff someday.