A repaired sole lets a favorite thing keep accompanying a changing life.

Repair is a way of carrying continuity through change. A shoe that gets resoled walks into a different job, a different city, a different decade, and it brings the earlier ones along quietly at the ankle. Replacing it would be simpler and would cut that thread. Some things are worth mending less for their quality than for the length of time they have been with you.

Find one thing you like that is nearly worn out and have it fixed rather than replaced. Notice what it costs, and whether the object feels more yours afterwards.