The ones with no manuals, no price tags, and no backups.
An old screwdriver my dad gave me. It’s worn smooth and slightly bent, but still gets the job done.
A circuit board from my first working project — ugly soldering, but it worked.
A sketch I drew during a bad week, folded and refolded so many times the paper’s soft like fabric now.
A pair of glasses that carried me through late-night study sessions, solder burns, and self-doubt.
None of it’s fancy. Most of it’s replaceable.
But they remind me where I started.
What I pushed through.
What I built — even when I didn’t think I could.
So yeah. Those are the things I’d fight to keep.


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