>Always sell your old junk. This approach isn't for everyone. There are serious costs in time to this kind of lifestyle. I could spend a couple of hours on Y

>Always sell your old junk. This approach isn't for everyone. There are serious costs in time to this kind of lifestyle. I could spend a couple of hours on YouTube tearing something apart and trying to fix it. I could spend time taking pictures, post something for sale, deal with idiots on Facebook who want me to drive 2 hours to give it to them for 10% of the asking price or trying to give answers about whether it was always kept securely in a vegan-friendly household, or I could not. Time is one of the most precious commodities. We all get a strictly finite amount of it. Whether someone is working multiple jobs trying to make ends meet or fortunate enough to be working as a software engineer who is well compensated but seemingly persistently oncall, free time is the rarest thing in my life and consequently the most precious. Everyone has their threshold, but unless something is in the hundreds or dollars or I can sell it to a coworker who will literally come get it from my desk (or porch), most things are simply not worth my time. I like taking things apart. I like building things. I have a wood shop in my garage, a soldering iron, and various other maker tools. But those are for things I choose to spend time on because I find interesting.