< use it up, wear it out...

~beefox

im very much in this mindset also; i try throw nothing away. just this last week my partner was being sad they may have to get a new laptop because it was randomly turning off when they moved it around, so on the weekend i came over and spent the day opening it up, cleaning it out, and resetting all the wiring so that they didn't have to get a new one or even pay for repairs! (such a good laptop to repair to, no hidden screws, everything very clear on doing)

i also almost always completely wear through my clothes, i don't have a large wardrobe and typically only buy stuff when i can no longer repair some clothes.

if i can make it or repair it i do so, i also especially love visible repair, clear signs that it is loved

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~mechanicalmagpie wrote:

that's awesome that you were able to fix the computer! heck yeah.

I followed the visible mending subreddit back when I was on reddit, and there were so many awesome repairs on there. I want to try to get into doing more visible mends on my clothing. I tend to save things for a while thinking I'll get around to repairing them and then I don't and they just languish in the fabric box for years and by then I don't fit the thing anymore lol