Watched a neighbor build a deck in one weekend with just a drill and a saw, made me rethink my whole tool hoarding habit

So last Saturday I'm drinking my coffee and look out the window. My neighbor Dave is out there with literally a cordless drill and a circular saw. No table saw, no miter saw, no pocket hole jig, no nothing fancy. By Sunday evening he had a whole 12x16 deck framed and decked. I've got like $3,000 worth of tools in my garage and I've been planning a simple bench for 8 months. Made me wonder if having all the gear actually slows me down. Has anyone else realized they were overcomplicating builds just because they had too many tools?

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henry15019h ago

Hold on, is this really something to lose sleep over.

caseywalker19h ago

Tbh I used to stress about stuff like this all the time until I just started asking myself one question. Will this matter in a week? If the answer is no, I let it go. For me, it was about realizing that not every disagreement or small thing needs my energy. I started keeping a little list of what actually drains me vs what really matters. That helped me stop losing sleep over dumb stuff. Once I focused on my own peace, everything else got way easier to handle.

davidshah16h ago

The week question works for me too but I had to add a second one. Is this something I can actually control? If not it just gets filed under noise and I move on. Saved me a ton of pointless worrying.