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Mr_Smyth
Being a young man helps, but also being used to the work counts for a lot too. Even after a decade on the tools, when I retrained as an electrician my hands took way more of a battering than they previously had. And even my physically active and strong mates get absolutely wiped out by doing DIY. Same goes for gardening too. It’s just a very different kind of physical strain. Also, working low down - kneeling or squatting is the absolute pits!
And literally everyone fucks up like that at the end of a hard day. It’s just inevitable.
As for the instagram cabinet maker, just remember that you’re only seeing their highlight reel and not their scrap bin :)