I think you seriously misunderstood what you quoted. He's not saying you should maintain your items, he's saying time spent maintaining items is wasted time (wi

I think you seriously misunderstood what you quoted. He's not saying you should maintain your items, he's saying time spent maintaining items is wasted time (with caveats that you didn't quote). "Scissors of equivalent quality to the ones you bought in the 90's for $10" isn't the goal here. The goal is that you don't have items that require maintenance unless they fit into the categories mentioned, and IF you judge an item to be in one of the categories, they should require minimal maintenance. I have three pairs of scissors for different purposes (hair, kitchen, medical) and all of them are under $12 on Amazon (well, the hair scissors are some no-brand from a pharmacy, but similar-looking ones on Amazon are $6-$8). All of them work well for their intended purpose--maybe there's some minor improvement that could be made, but it's not significant. The hair and medical scissors will probably outlive me given how infrequently I use them. The kitchen shears might need replacement at some point (I think they could rust in the joints if I'm careless with leaving them in water) but they've lasted me over a decade and if I buy 2 or 3 more pairs in my lifetime that's not exactly a tragedy. Outside of putting them back where they belong when not in use, I will not maintain these scissors--if they so much as require sharpening, I won't do it, because the cost (both monetary AND environmental) of sharpening is greater than the cost of replacing them. Are any of these scissors equivalent in quality to $10 scissors from the 90s? I don't know, but I don't particularly care.