In my youth and after leaving home, I had no choice but to do my own work. Nothing too complex, but used to bite the bullet with a Hayes manual.
I hated it. I hated it then and I hate it now. It was sheer joy when I got my first job that provided a company car. Not for the kudos or whatever of a decent car, just not having to fix and maintain the thing myself. I remember having an Austin Westminster with a blowing exhaust. I went out and bought a whole new one. It was Winter and working outside but under cover. I just could not get it to fit. I was convinced it was the wrong part. Removed it all, took it all back to the shop, explained, and the guy just bent the flexible part that fitted onto the manifold. Grrrrrrrr
Nope. I do as little as possible beyond checking fluids and tyres, if I must, and coming back to the topic, my offspring are the same.