Life Advice, Served Warm and Crunchy

Life advice is a lot like nachos: everyone claims to have the best recipe, most of it’s messy, and if you don’t pay attention, it burns. So let’s forget the Hallmark moments and talk about the crunchy, cheesy kind of guidance that actually sticks.

Rule One: Build from the bottom up. No one wants their dreams—or their toppings—sliding off the edge. Start with a solid base. Whether it's good friends, decent tools, or chips that can hold up under pressure, you can't build greatness on a pile of crumbs.

Rule Two: Spread it out. Life isn’t about dumping all your energy on one area. Ever seen nachos with all the cheese on five chips? Spread the love. Work, hobbies, naps. Balance is the secret ingredient.

Rule Three: Leave room for spice. Play it too safe and you’ll end up with beige nachos and a beige life. Try the weird topping. Say yes to the mildly questionable invite. Most growth happens just past the edge of your comfort chip.

Rule Four: Double layer everything. This one’s not metaphorical—it’s just practical. Nobody wants naked chips. Life tip? Go back and reinforce your foundations. Revisit old skills. Fix your leaky metaphorical roof. Add cheese twice.

Rule Five: It’s okay to eat it all yourself. Sharing is fine, but sometimes, the best way to enjoy something is solo, unapologetically, with no judgment and a streaming queue full of bad decisions.

Whether you learned these tips the hard way or made them up like I did, they’re worth sprinkling around like cilantro. Take what works, toss what doesn’t. Just don’t microwave the whole thing and call it nachos.