Dabbling my toes into car repair

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The other day I finally figured out how to change my headight. It was so much easier than I thought it would be. I think I block myself at times by thinking "it has to do with a car, it's got to be hard." At the same time, I find that these little, long fingered hands of mine are pretty good for getting into the tight spaces under the hood of my faithful Hyundai. It was the same when I changed my first set of wiper blades. Easier than I thought it would be. I've changed my own oil, know how to change a tire, and can top up things like windshield washer fluid, steering fluid, etc. I've jump started several cars, fairly simple really. Right now, the main thing that is keeping me from changing my own oil is the fact that I don't have a good set of jackstands and a jack, and it's a pain to take the oil in for recycling. Easier to have someone else do it. These little car care tasks are so simple, and yet I was once afraid to do all of them.