1. Identify and articulate a need to create.
- 1a. Recognize unmet needs and inaccessible situations that might be solved by making
- 1b. Tinker and hack to learn how things are made and how they work
- 1c. Isolate a specific, manageable issue to focus on
- 1d. Evaluate the costs and benefits of making and/or upcycling as an alternative to buying or hiring