Great article! However, there are those of us who possess a sufficient mechanical hubris to presume we can fix things ourselves. I find YouTube invaluable, and there are many talented DIYers who go to great lengths to demonstrate how to fix, repair, mend, renew, resurrect almost anything. So, I spend more time than my time is worth, I'm …
Great article! However, there are those of us who possess a sufficient mechanical hubris to presume we can fix things ourselves. I find YouTube invaluable, and there are many talented DIYers who go to great lengths to demonstrate how to fix, repair, mend, renew, resurrect almost anything. So, I spend more time than my time is worth, I'm repaid with the satisfaction of having acquired a new skill and a "dang, I CAN do that!" attitude, and don't resent having spent $600 worth of my time (including the inevitable trip to Home Depot, Lowe's, or Ace) to have saved $350 on professional repairs. It's a perverse satisfaction, I suppose, but satisfaction I would not otherwise have had.
Great article! However, there are those of us who possess a sufficient mechanical hubris to presume we can fix things ourselves. I find YouTube invaluable, and there are many talented DIYers who go to great lengths to demonstrate how to fix, repair, mend, renew, resurrect almost anything. So, I spend more time than my time is worth, I'm repaid with the satisfaction of having acquired a new skill and a "dang, I CAN do that!" attitude, and don't resent having spent $600 worth of my time (including the inevitable trip to Home Depot, Lowe's, or Ace) to have saved $350 on professional repairs. It's a perverse satisfaction, I suppose, but satisfaction I would not otherwise have had.
Sounds like you have both a lower cost from fixing things than many, because you have skill, and a higher benefit, because you enjoy it.
But do you darn socks?