How do you prefer practicing it?

The cost, schedule, quality triangle trade off.

The capability is going up also. Compare the functions and processing power of the new to the old ones. It's a mental model around base expectations. Same things with cars. There is a component to inflationary money for the same goods but then inflation of capability. The combination is what really increases the price. I usually buy a phone that is 2 or 3 years old. Been paying about $200 for every phone I bought in the number of years. I could go cheaper but like the larger scréens and better cameras. I don't. Have to by digital cameras anymore like i used to. I usually get 3 to 4 years out of one phone. Typically they just die on me vs me choosing to replace.

Now the real struggle of fighting life style creep. Haha

Over been trying to define when is enough so I know when I made it. Life style creep and comparison is tricky. Many life their life in the past and future but rarely in the present. Maybe there is three states thankful, joyful/present, and hopefully

Why is this crazy?

How do you make the kefir cream? I have milk kefir that I make but I leave the whey and kefir together. I make a sort of overnight seed soak with it.

You hard boil them(I prefer the pressure cooker) and then put them in a vinegar and seasoning brine. There are a million recipes. Here is my basic one. 1. quart vinegar
1. quart water
4 TBS non iodized salt
this is enough to do about 7 quarts of tightly packed pickle spears.
I heat up in tea kettle so easy to pour into jars.
if needing more liquid you can add one cup water.
add any seasonings or spices you want. Onions, dill, garlic, peppers, Siracha,

You can also get the fire going and then pull coals out and put the Dutch oven on top of them and put other coals on top. More controllable that way

Pickled eggs. Lots of flavor to choose from.
Milk kefir soaked grains and seeds. Breakfast sausages, chaffles,

Indestructible self reliant food source! Indestructible mindfulness!