Default paths are literally poisoning you

I quit my job and threw out all my non-stick cookware in the same week.
Because they are both poisonous defaults that we have been accepting for years.

Non-stick cookware became the default because it’s:
Easy to get one.
Easy to maintain.
Recommended by many.

Office jobs often become the default for the same reasons:
Easy to get one.
Easy to maintain.
"Recommended" by many.

But then food started to get stuck, you started to feel stuck (at your job).

You wonder: “Maybe I could’ve done better. Maybe it's my boss. Maybe I should try again.”

Then you got a new pan, a new job.
Hoping everything would be different.

Nope. It still sucks.

"Why?"

Luckily, some of us remembered to question: “Why?”

And you started to see people answering:
“Even the best non-stick cookware is toxic and won’t last”
“Working a desk job is modern slavery”

The more you read, the more you realize they are right:
“Oh shit, non-stick coating is toxic, leaks into food, and stores in our bodies forever?”
“Oh shit, I can actually be growing, feeling fulfilled, and have the freedom to create new things everyday?”

But knowing is not enough. I have to take actions.

I swapped my pans for stainless steel.
It was terrible at first.
Everything stuck.
I couldn’t even fry an egg without 1/4 of it being wasted.

I quit my job and started my own company.
Same story.

Everything “stuck” at the beginning.

All documents created from zero.
Took me hours to draft the simplest quotations, invoices, reports.

But then, I started to adapt.
I started to learn and even excel (no pun intended) at those new skills:

“Hot pan, cold oil, don’t flip for 2 minutes.“ -> no more sticking.

“Oh, let me create a template for that..” -> documents done in 5 minutes.

"Did I take the wrong path?"

At some point, walking off the default path might make you question yourself:
“Did I take the wrong path? It's way harder than what I was doing.”

But after a while, you will realize it’s not the wrong path.
It’s just a DIFFERENT path:

It's a path that rewards creativity and open-mindedness instead of obedience.
And a path where the journey and destination are more enjoyable.

Trust the process and keep walking.

What’s the non-default path you took/want to take? Leave a comment :D

P.S. Seriously, stop using non-stick (Teflon) cookware. Use non-coated (cast iron/carbon steel /stainless steel) cookware instead. (See: How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet: https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?si=ItiWVixTpQgN7r24)