We’re taught to pay someone else. Things are too hard, too technical, better left to the experts.
But I replaced a headlight. Then a brake accumulator. Both jobs I once thought belonged to a mechanic.
I’m not a mechanic. I just decided to try.
Almost anything we need to know is already written down. It’s searchable, accessible, and sitting in our pockets.
What seems impossible is usually just unfamiliar. On the other side is the quiet thrill of "I did it."