Another reason why refusing to buy anything is hard

Hi,

I have been consuming less for the last few years. This year I decided to upcycle everything and buy only necessities. I did great in January. February was so hard as I needed many repair tools(for mending clothes, repairing every day objects, electronics). I kept pushing the fix in January to avoid buying. I asked friends, posted on Buy Nothing groups. No one keeps them I guess. I found some tools in different far off libraries. With my 9-5 job and tools not available to borrow on weekend, things became complicated. I had to buy a few repair items. I have changed my anti-buy rules but I was disappointed that I had to buy it.

There is a dire need of community and building habits of repairing. I might post some easy cloth repairing techniques here. I am also planning to host an event in my neighborhood to teach some things (which I am learning myself). We need community space for sharing things which I cannot solve but we got to start from somewhere.

Have you felt the same? How do you overcome such situations.