That chipped mug, that faded hat, that dented bike. Objects with stories are worth more than objects with price tags.

Damage is information. A chipped mug has been used every morning for years, a dented bike has been somewhere, a faded hat sat through a lot of weather with you underneath it. None of that can be purchased, and it is the one kind of value that time creates rather than destroys. New things are worth what was paid and no more.

Before replacing something worn out, ask whether it still works and what it has been through with you. Keep the ones with a story attached. Let things get old on purpose rather than only by accident.