Posted by SaintGermain on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 - 13 Comments
Tags: chef, cook, cooking, Professions, secondary profession, train, wow life lessons, WoW Life Lessons #23
It’s been awhile I know. Work here at Project Lore sometimes goes through really long periods where I need to do a lot of stuff in a short period of time. I end up working late a lot and hardly have time to raid let alone blog about the life lessons I have learned from WoW.
The long hours and short personal time makes it a real challenge to stay focused on those little goals one sets for themselves. The goals we set everyday like exercising or getting outside in the sun or eating healthy. Of course there are always choices but some seems to go into autopilot when everything else in life gets very hectic.
The key to changing the autonomic autopilot method of living life is to set patterns early that are extremely beneficial to yourself, easy to do and can easily be reverted to when other things in your life require more attention. For example, this WoW life lesson is an example of just how you can do this.
In the game of WoW, you probably know that there is a secondary profession called Cooking.
I’m a big fan of it for two main reasons:
1. You can make your own buff food
2. You can sell your buff food on the AH
Being a mage, I can conjure food whenever I want. But the best buff foods takes skill to craft, the skill of someone who’s studied hundreds of recipes and made thousands of meals. And the best of the best buff food is always made by yourself.
Why? It’s cheaper to make, as reliable as the mats you have and takes less time than going to the Auction House or guild bank.
And if you do it daily it becomes an autonomic routine that perpetuates itself to the point it would seem unusual not to do it. Y0u eat the food you need, bank the rest or sell the extra on the AH. Simple, easy and affordable… possibly even profitable.
In game there are only two recipes that SaintGermain is missing. One will be gotten very soon. The other is for another class of people. And in all my cooking in game, I have saved money, made money and created a routine that is beneficial to me.
The same is true for real life.
Take a look at how much you spend each day eating out or buying prepared food. When my life gets crazy with work and I forget my cooking routine, I end up spending almost $20 a day for breakfast and lunch. If I stay to my routine of cooking for myself, I spend a fraction of that. Seriously, a fraction.
For example, I make sushi. Here in LA it’s a huge section of the the culinary cuisine offered around town. An eight (8) piece California roll can cost almost $16 in some of the fancy places. For $35 - 40 dollars, I can make almost ninety (90) pieces of the same California roll. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the savings there.
So learn how to cook, in game and in real life. You’ll save cash and gold, and have enough food to last for weeks.
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By Dennis on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
FIRST POST!
By Carlos on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Extremely true, of course it is sometimes more convenient to buy it if you need that time for something else that can’t be bought.
By Loki on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Remembering my college years, oh so long ago, a tangible benefit of learning to cook in RL is that it impresses the ladies to no end. And gives you a bonifide reason to have them over to your place.
By pixiestixy on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I have minimal cooking skills, both in-game and IRL. But trying to rectify that on both ends
By Lil ole me on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Living in Norway, where a take-out pizza of dubious quality costs nearly $100 USD, I can but agree on learning to cook. Also, if you learn to cook, you can make food taste just the way YOU want it to taste, which is a bonus.
However, I have to say, with a newborn baby, having decent take-out would be AWESOME… (And just as nutritious as the quick meals I prepare atm.)
By Tfw on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I should get my real life cooking skill up to 450 so I can prepare a fish feast for my girl friend some times.
No seriously, I have learned how to cook in game and in real life, and it has great benefits. As a student with the minimal amount of money available, (it is needed for other stuff such as drinks, girlfriends, some school stuff here and there) I have learned how to cook a healthy and quite tasteful meal for myself and occasionally my girl friend, and I can really appreciate the fine art of cooking, both in game and in real life
By Thizz on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Personally, like in-game, I eat the food i find off of dead things.
By Mark DeMan on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
The Cake is a Lie!
By Redaurora on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Very well put sir. I try telling my hubby all those lunches he buys out and those special drinks (ie Monster) are what kill his diet and our budget. But what do I know I’m just a girl. LOL
By Dan on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I am so glad I know how to cook. I have a friend who eats out all the time and always asks me to go with him. Not entirely sure where he gets the money to eat out every night……
By Raknor on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I need to level my cooking to get the winter’s veil achievements
By Dulica on Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 5:37 am
My cooking is like at 7. just not a fan. I guess I should start doing some of that.
By Trian on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 3:45 am
Kewl to see saint germain again!