Jaimie[1] said something a while back when he was getting started on constructing his fiberglass boats by hand... &quot;&#x27;Dude, why don&#x27;t you have any tools? Why don&#x27;t you just go get the right stuff?&#x27; To which I respond: &#x27;I am the right stuff!&#x27;&quot; I don&#x27;t know how to break people from the delusion that you need so much <i>stuff</i> to do anything, other than perhaps watching other people do things with far less stuff...<p>My biggest hobby these days is gaming on my PC, it&#x27;s incredibly cheap and stuff-minimal compared to other hobbies like skiing. I&#x27;m using a moderately powerful PC build from 2009 and updated my GPU a few years ago, still runs a lot of or even most new games on high settings. Occasionally I appreciate a good hike, and my brother got me a nice backpack and poles last year that I haven&#x27;t used yet... because I&#x27;ve been hiking since I was a kid with no equipment but a bottle of water and maybe some bars (I do have hiking boots but I&#x27;ve gone hiking in my regular tennis shoes too) so I&#x27;ve forgotten it the last few times I&#x27;ve gone out. It&#x27;s become just functionally another item in my <i>stuff</i> that I don&#x27;t actually need, though when I do eventually remember it I&#x27;m sure it&#x27;ll be convenient. Just like my external monitor for my work laptop is convenient, but not necessary. And so on.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WTUxoNSiUQA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WTUxoNSiUQA</a>