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When I did my floor, I spent forever researching stuff, and took my time. I tried to plan ahead and foresee any issues etc. But the reality is that you’ll always miss something and there will be small mistakes. Even trying to do everything right, you have to accept that you’ll probably be 80% happy with it. Especially when it’s the first time you do a job.
Making progress between steps is also important because you can get hung up on stuff that stops you moving ahead, and the more it drags, the worse it makes you feel.
Don’t worry though. I think most people find jobs like this anxiety inducing!
Nef
Greenbank
Thanks, I think I needed to hear this.
I have a sort of mantra "I can be disappointed for free" and it's this sort of situation from which it is derived. However I also have a personality that focuses disproportionately on specific negative things and I can struggle to see the big picture. Added onto that I'm used to being good at things, and like to spend a long time pondering a project before I take action, but that means I often don't get started at all and if I do I'm disappointed in what I can achieve. I'm detail focused to the point where ultimately I can't afford to pay for the right workmanship and I'm not capable of doing it myself. At the moment I'm feeling quite helpless and pathetic if I'm honest.
I'm also aware I've had a good few days of spamming this thread and for that I apologise. By way of moving forward on that, on my current mood and on my current project, tomorrow I plan to sketch out some finishing details that I can see being applicable to the bits of my flooring that need some finesse. Hopefully it will be of interest and might spark debate as to which detail works and when and why.