One piece of feedback that made me stop rushing assembly projects

A buddy looked at a bookshelf I built and said 'you're speedrunning Ikea instructions like it's a race nobody wins.' He was right. I was always trying to beat my own time and ended up with crooked shelves. Now I take a breather between each step and actually check my work. Has anyone else gotten a simple comment that changed your whole process?

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jenny_jackson5mo ago

Starting with the square before cutting lets you catch issues early. Respectfully, checking after the cut just means you know exactly how bad you messed up.

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walker.robert5mo ago

Started checking my miters with a square AFTER cutting instead of before and saved myself so much frustration.

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