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    The 9 Stages Of DIY Home Assembly

    Building kitchen cabinets or a dresser on your own always sounds like a good idea at the time...

    1. The initial optimism

    2. Getting pumped while setting up your tools

    3. Beginning by reading and following the instructions

    4. Deciding instructions are for suckers

    5. The extreme elation when you manage to still finish it all by yourself

    6. Completely breaking down when it falls apart two seconds later

    7. So you begrudgingly calling more skillful people for help

    8. And complain about how this shouldn't have been so hard

    9. Finally, basking in satisfaction, you decide to never build anything ever again

    But at the end of the day, you should pat yourself on the back for a job well done.