You're gonna make mistakes. Take them personally.

You know, I'm not going to. I've already told a story about how my self-perception improved lately somewhere in this very comment section.

Just yesterday, I've finally finished putting the wallpaper back up (it unglued a long time ago, and I'm leaving the apartment for good soon, so no reason to leave it the way it was). It doesn't fit perfectly everywhere, but for the first time? It's pretty damn good job I did. I'm not particularly proud of the result, but it's good enough the way it is, and I'm glad I did it.

Does it mean I'll stop improving in DIY or any other field? No. Never. Not on the blueprint, not in the plan. But it shouldn't prevent me from enjoying the results of my work, either. Taking the failures personally and leaving successes in the background is what prevented me from improving and doing better before.

I appreciate the rest of what you said. Especially the part where you say "Talk yourself through the process, look at it at a different angle". I think it's important to do and quite a good approach to learning. Thanks for sharing that - and everything else that you've said. And thanks for believing in me.