Ownership can simplify life or quietly create another job.

The same object can go either way depending on how it fits your actual life. A good tool removes friction you were already living with. A poorly chosen one adds a set of chores that did not exist before it arrived, and you end up serving the thing you bought to serve you.

A fair test is whether it takes work away or adds it. Think about the last three things you brought home and sort them honestly into those two piles. The pattern in the second pile tells you something useful about what to stop buying.