Personally, I've found that polishing my boots is a really enjoyable task, it's quite cathartic to sit there for a few minutes with dubbin and a brush and clean

Personally, I've found that polishing my boots is a really enjoyable task, it's quite cathartic to sit there for a few minutes with dubbin and a brush and clean your boots up. It's funny, because I used to hate polishing my school shoes as a kid. I only polish my boots around once a month, so it's a couple of hours a year. I spend more time sewing up clothes and sewing on replacement buttons, which I've also discovered now that I'm an adult is a cathartic activity. There's something nice about trying to distance yourself from the throwaway disposable consumer culture we have now, and actually fixing things. I guess I've become a hipster.