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Boy, if only we had access to a globe-spanning network of computers that could give us access to information on how to perform basic repairs and small construction projects. If we had that we'd be able to teach ourselves the skills necessary to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year by not calling a professional to do simple work.
Too bad such an information network is just a fantasy and everyone is completely helpless. We had better resign ourselves to not even try to solve our own problems.
You actually are better off specializing in something to make more money than you are to diy everything. You're better off paying people to do things for you so that you can enjoy your free time. Source: have spent the past few weekends fixing my god-damned car due to several problems cropping up at once and having to redo several things due to shitty parts and/or finding more problems once I got everything apart. In fact I should have just gotten rid of the car before I ever started, unfortunately, I don't have a crystal ball.
Learning how to do simple stuff is worthwhile just so you don't have to deal with the risk of having an incompetent/careless person working on your stuff. The amount of time I've wasted going back and fixing shitty workmanship from people my parents hired to work on their (practically brand new) house is ridiculous and I'm not even a professional. After dealing with all that shit I don't trust tradespeople at all. I'm sure there's good ones but if you're just pulling names out of the phone book there's a decent chance you'll get fucked in my experience.
I didn't say "do everything" now did I?
If I had the money I would hire a landscaper to mow my lawn and a cleaner to come clean my house and have laundry service done for me, and a good accountant who could somehow get all of those expenses written off.
Ok, but because you can't afford to do that, you cannot specialize completely.