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Originally Posted by gregpark

Your box looks good from here!
Rush things out of excitement of the moment and regretting it later? Sounds familiar. I think we all learn that the hard way. Now I find myself spending about the same amount time planning and revising plan in my mind as actually physically doing a project.

I sanded the 100 yo floors in our upstairs. They aren't perfect, but they are pretty good. The wife decided that she would stain them since I sanded, and she wanted to share the load with me. She also felt like we HAD to get them finished right away. I gave her some videos to watch. I think she gave them a quick watch and went to work. I had previously suggested "do one of the random closets first and see how it turns out before you do the rest." She got started and I was checking things out in the beginning and made some comments about things that I thought might need to be done differently and was rebuffed.

The next day she went up and was VERY unhappy with the job. Now we're sanding again (this will be much quicker and easier than the first time). Once that's done, we'll stain again. I think she's learned a valuable lesson. She's always on my ass for how long projects take me. I think about them for quite a while before I start, and then I don't finish quickly, but the results are generally good.