The 3 hour joystick swap that took me 10 hours

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Man, that's the story of my life with pretty much any project I touch. There's always this huge gap between what I think something should take and what it actually takes. It's like a universal law of home repairs and tech projects that everything takes three times longer than you expect. The funny thing is I keep forgetting this pattern every single time I start something new. I'll be all confident thinking "this will be quick" and then four hours later I'm surrounded by tools and questioning my life choices.

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murray.cole2mo ago

Honestly, "questioning my life choices" is exactly where I end up too. I started doubling my initial time estimate before I even pick up a tool, and it saved my sanity. Now if I think something will take an hour, I plan for two and actually come out feeling good when it only takes one.

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