My buddy Mark in Seattle had the same issue with pizza boxes every Friday game night. He actually kept track for a month and ended up with twenty three boxes. His roommate finally said they should just bake frozen pizza on a cookie sheet they already owned. Now they reuse that same sheet and their regular plates, so the recycling barely fills up. Mark told me it was a simple fix that saved them money and a lot of cardboard. It really shows how easy it is to change one small habit for the better.

Look, I love working with wood too, but come on! Modern tools just get the job done faster. Sometimes a table saw is all you need to make something cool. The wood isn't whispering secrets, it's just sitting there. Let's not make this into some spiritual journey every time we build a shelf.

Actually, gifts from people like @the_quinn change that rule.