My brother did the same thing but with music gear, sold his whole pedalboard and bought one nice amp instead. He kept telling me how much money he saved and how he didn't miss the pedals at all. Then like six months later he was back at the shop buying a reverb pedal because he missed swapping stuff out mid show. I feel like the trade wait hits people the same way, some folks just need that new book smell on Wednesday or the hobby feels wrong. For me the money thing won though, I read way more now that I'm not chasing single issues.

Did you see that thread on r/legaladvice about "best efforts" clauses getting torn apart last week?

Man, I was the guy saying solvent would have to be pried from my cold dead hands. Twelve years of the same routine makes you stubborn I guess. Then I watched a buddy lay down a pearl white bumper with waterborne and the metallic came out so even I couldn't find a blotch. What got me was the blend time, I was so used to rushing solvent that I sprayed my first water job too wet and got runs everywhere. Took me about two months of daily work before the schedule felt normal. Now I don't even think about it, I just watch the coat go flat and tack up instead of counting minutes in my head.