Fix it before you bin it
A loose screw, a flat tyre, a torn seam, a slow phone. Most 'broken' things are 90% fine and 10% fixable. Every repair you make is money you keep and confidence you build.
NASA / Land 1968 · the four moves creative kids make
don't believe us — go look ★
These are the real places this comes from: museums, archives, science agencies. Read them, then make up your own mind. Different people can read the same facts and think different things — that's allowed, and worth talking about calmly.
step 2 · imagine
This weekend you could finish:
Sew a button back on
Now tell one person you'll do it. That's the trick.
Pick one broken thing at home. Plan the fix in three moves.
step 3 · try
pick everything that feels true →
Why learn to repair things?
Tip: if you pick something "wrong," that's not a fail — it's the most useful click of the day. Mistakes get saved to your Lab as trophies, never as shame.