Computer related:

  • Don’t be your family computer savy guy, you just found yourself a bunch payless jobs…
  • Long desks are cool and all, but the amount the space they occupy is not worth it.
  • Block work related phone calls at weekends, being disturbed at your leisure for things that could be resolved on Mondays will sour your day.

Buying stuff:

  • There is expensive because of brand and expensive because of material quality, do your research.
  • Buck buying is underrated, save yourself a few bucks, pile that toilet paper until the ceiling is you must.
  • Second hand/broken often means never cleaned, lubricated or with easy fixable problem.
  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    372·
    6 months ago

    Learn how to change your own brakes and filters, and save hundreds of dollars.

    • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
      20·
      6 months ago

      Just to add to this, a lot of basic vehicle maintenance/repairs may seem daunting but are really pretty easy once you know what you’re doing.

      For anyone who has a 10+yr old vehicle and needs a repair manual for it, (2013 or older) https://charm.li/ has probably got a digital copy for you.

      • tjhart85@kbin.social
        14·
        6 months ago

        To add to your addition, Chris’s Fix on Youtube has videos for a lot of the common things you’ll need to do on a car & he also mainly only uses hand tools to try and keep his content approachable for the average person.

        YouTube in general is a fantastic resource for stuff like this.

      • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 months ago

        Too add to the comment: the biggest issues I’ve experienced usually isn’t replacing the actually piece I need to replace, but accessing the piece i need to replace and learning how to do certain things.

        To change my water pump, I had to creatively figure out a way to hold a rotating piece, while also loosening a bolt on it. After taking 30ish minutes looking for ways to do so, I can now do it in like 5 minutes.

        I also had to learn that lowering my engine makes the above easier which required a specific set of tools to make the job possible/faster.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶
      2·
      6 months ago

      Just did mine this week. Really helps to have a ‘Caliper Piston Cube Wind Tool’ or something similar when you have to rewind the piston back in.

      • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 months ago

        You should be able to use a c-clamp to push back the piston. The only specialized tool I bought related to changing brakes was the tools for installing and uninstalling the drum brakes. Even those aren’t necessary but they do help and I’ve done my brakes enough where the extra cost is worth the time and frustration I save personally.

        • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 months ago

          Just be careful, some calipers are screws. You’ll break your c-clamp before they move when two flat heads will turn them easily.