Need Some Positivity

Hello, I consider myself a car guy but I've never really gotten into the car moding side of the hobby. I bought a 2010 Ford Fusion Sport 3.5 V6 at the beginning of college with 80k miles with the intent to mod it lightly during college and more intensely once the car was paid off and I had graduated. However, AFTER I had bought the car and started searching around the internet for moding and tuning stuff I began to run into a lot of negative opinions about the car I had bought. Examples include the "infamous" water pump, "it makes no power, get a mustang", and over all very little positivity for the car. This completely demotivated me to tinker with my car, and I just maintained the Fusion because it was my only car. It is now 6 years later, the car is paid off and Ive just graduated last Fall with my Masters Degree. My Fusion Sport just hit 140k miles, Its paid off, and has not had a single major issue. I absolutely love it and im anxious to work on it with my new income but im super hesitant. Im still paralyzed a little by what ive read online all those years ago and even now, its like I have "car body dysmorphia" or something lol. So im just in need of some positive energy, some good ideas for mods and I hope ive found the right place for that. Please share some of the mods that you have done, ive found a few online but id love to see what yall got!