My soldering skills are so bad I'd probably fix the hinge and break the screen. What's the easiest repair you've ever pulled off?

I stopped mid-project once and got paid within two days.

Yeah, the quiet turning into isolation is the real hidden cost. I set a hard rule to leave the house for something, anything, every single day, even if it's just to buy a single screw at the hardware store. That trip becomes your social interaction. You have to book video chats like they're doctor's appointments, or they just don't happen. It's work to keep people in your life when you're not just bumping into them.

My old boss gave me a headlamp as a joke gift. I still have it, and it has saved me more times than I care to admit.

Yeah that "real manual check" part is why I drink so much coffee, skyler_johnson32. The script just warms up my eyeballs.