In Finnish it is called Kipukoukku and it does not even have an English name, yet. Kipukoukku is a stick that has one turning part and two carved sticks. It costs at its best nearly 50 euros and cant be found very easily. It is claimed to have a big impact on your health and muscles wellbeing. It gets its power from your arms weight in rest-mode so it doesnt even consume too much of your energy. You just place the stick where you want on your back to make the muscle better and leave your arm hangning on the Kipukoukku.
This, I think, is a result of building (in Finnish:
rakentaminen) with your own hands. When people do this since they are children they easily adapt the ideology that when something is wrong, you can actually fix it with your own bare hands. This is a result of ones parents or grandparents passing on the skill and it is very important to do so. When a child learns how to fix something that is broken instead of buying a new one, it has a huge impact on the nature, environment, wallet and most of all the child itself. When you build and succeed in building something yourself with your own hands, you treat it as a success in life, which it definitely should be. Not many people know how to build different things so they cant get this feeling of success.
Building is also fun. You can get inspired in so many different ways. One of the best could be to drop by in your local K-Rauta and just browse around and in between the shelves. When something comes into your head, you can immediately start gathering the materials you need and before you even know it, you are building your next thing. The staff is usually very nice and will also give some tips and tricks on building and adapting new building styles from different parts of the world.
It is never too late to start building with your own hands. You dont need a manual - all you need is courage, tools and a piece of wood to create your first Kipukoukku. And you might have saved 50 euros while doing it.
