The Covid Culture of more time at home, less available cash and perhaps a murkier sense of what tomorrow will bring has created one good thing: more of a make do, repair culture.
Nothing brought his home to me more than a good bi-lingual post I saw on Hive yesterday: Corrective Action: The Lack of Preventative Maintenance
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@ogutierrez correctly summarized the washing machine problem and highlighted the lack of tools which prevented him, and most of us, from fixing it immediately. The cost of a professional repair would have been equivalent of half a day's wages for the owner of this washing machine.
It is a GOOD THING that more and more is being shared on social media about how to repair, how to upcycle and how to do things, step by step.
I'm smiling and thinking of my blogging buddy @steemmatt who has made a living for YEARS collecting discarded items and, very often, repairing them. And increasing that income by blogging about it, first on Steem and then on Hive.
There is enough of this GOOD THING going around for Hive to have its own DIY community, Hive DIY as well the Spanish language community Geek Zone and the Build It community. I've also seen some wonderful repair work with a needle in the Needle Work Monday community!
What's SO OFTEN MISSING is a tool library of sorts. I know @riverflows has access to, and is involved with, a Tool Library in her Australian community.
Is it common where you are?
Gotta say it's NOT common in Thailand (where we live) and tools are expensive. But then every little village or busy crowded city corner has a magic guy with magic hands and little more than a screw driver, who can fix most things for a couple of dollars.
Hoping we can GROW this ONE GOOD THING and be more active in our own homes and businesses to repair and renew items and to extend their lifespan. Hoping, too, that we can grow the culture here, on Hive, of sharing "How To" techniques for those who'd LIKE to be fixers and upcyclers but are not always sure of where to start.
Grateful for Good Things, Every day.
@artemisshares is sharing ONE GOOD THING on Hive every day - things happening here on Hive, in the crypto community or simply in the big wide world out there. Cos changing our focus is the beginning of changing the world.
25% of the rewards from this post go to @ogutierrez to recognize his effort in helping a friend.