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Good Use of Life Energy?

Good Use of Life Energy?

Here are some of the very old fixing projects haunting my cupboard:

Children’s Halloween gloves with the seams at the fingertips undone so they fit adult hands opening the door to trick-or-treaters. Need to stop seams from fraying.
Coin baggy, oh no, it’s an earphone baggy, with a metal bendy closure, disintegrating. Is it worth keeping the metal closure? It’s a unique way of keeping a baggy closed.
Failed attempt at making red linen trousers. Can the colorful cloth be repurposed for a hammock pillow?
The failed grey fleece sweater – boring and ugly. Can it be repurposed as a pillow cover?
Holes to be mended … Is it worth it? Will I wear it? At least I know where my brown wool turteneck sweater went!
A surfing wetsuit top bought very cheaply on sale; needs a zipper in the front so I can kayak and sail comfortably in it.
Failed foldable bucket project for personal hygiene while backpacking (in lieu of a hot shower). It just doesn’t hold water though. Waterproofing is hard. And Sea-to-Summit and Stoic make such buckets very well.
Little baggies made of jeans material? What was I thinking? Easy discard.
Little waist bags we made our children wear traveling when they were small
Missing buttons to be attached; skirts and trousers to be hemmed. Would I still wear any of this?
I found 20 bucks in one of the baggies! Bonus!

How to spend it, and my time, wisely… How does spending time mending stuff compare with spending time with friends & family or exercising or doing something meaningful?

P.S. The term “life energy” comes from the book “Your Money or Your Life” by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. A great concept. She blogs about finding meaning in your life and social innovations.

Update: red linen tablet pillow done:

Black and white material
Finally turned into pillowcases
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    mindfullyraspberryadbfa84d8a

    I saw years ago that you can make the cool metal closure with an old tape measure. And the bucket looks like an excellent knitting project bag! -The ARK Lady

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