Question: While leveling in Skyrim I put a perk in a tree, but now I feel like it is wasted, since I've found blowing things up with spells is much more fun than stabbing things with a giant sword. 

Is there anyway for me to recover the wasted perk? I'm on the PC so I was guessing console commands could help.

Answer: 
If you have the Dragonborn DLC, play through the main DLC questline. One of the rewards of completing the [At the Summit of Apocrypha](http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Dragonborn:At_the_Summit_of_Apocrypha) quest is:

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>  A book that transports you to Hermaeus Mora's realm, and allows you to reset perks at the cost of one Dragon Soul per tree.
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Alternatively to cheating, there are other options:

1. Get yourself killed, your perk won't be saved.
2. Quit the game abruptly without saving, your perk won't be saved.
3. Although not really fair, you could return to a previous save game.