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Si tu avais voyagé, tu serais beaucoup plus épanoui aujourd'hui.

Si tu avais voyagé, tu serais beaucoup plus épanoui aujourd'hui.
If you had traveled, you would be much more fulfilled today.
From Lesson 294:Mixed conditionals: past to present·French

Questions & Answers about Si tu avais voyagé, tu serais beaucoup plus épanoui aujourd'hui.

Why is the sentence mixing the plus-que-parfait (avais voyagé) with the present conditional (serais)?
This is a mixed conditional. It describes how a past action that didn't happen (the condition: if you had traveled) would have an impact on a present situation (the result: you would be fulfilled today). The si clause uses the plus-que-parfait for the missed past event, and the main clause uses the present conditional for the imagined present result.
Does épanoui change its spelling if the person I am talking to is female?
Yes. Because serais is a form of être (to be), the adjective épanoui must agree with the subject tu. If you are speaking to a woman, you must add an e to make it épanouie.
Where does the word épanoui come from?
It is the past participle of the reflexive verb s'épanouir, which literally means to blossom or open up (like a flower). When applied to people, it translates to being fulfilled, glowing, or thriving.
Why do we say beaucoup plus instead of très plus for "much more"?
In French, très (very) cannot be used directly before comparative words like plus or moins. To intensify a comparative and say "much more" or "a lot more", you must always use beaucoup plus.

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