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A Low Point

Remodeling has quite the emotional component to it. It's filled with many ups and downs and I just experienced a really big downer. I hit a real low point after the vanity install frustration. I spent a whole afternoon struggling with it but to no avail. I found myself staring at the still detached vanity wondering to myself if I could really go any further. "Can't I just hire the rest of this remodel out?" I asked myself. "No, I just can't afford it, which means I'm stuck having to do this project." I felt overwhelmed and stressed out.

Yet, despite these feelings remained a flicker of hope and self-confidence. There was an another still small voice in me that said, "I still want to do this thing." I shared with my wife the valley I was crawling through at this point in the remodel and the ray of hope that remained within me. I gathered myself again and sat down to make an outline on how I'd approach the rest of the remodel.

I wrote down steps that I took to get this far and adapted it to remodeling the rest of the condo. Then I got some feedback and encouragement from close relatives who just completed remodeling their own home. It helped. Their encouragement helped me to gain some more hope and confidence in the carrying on with the project. I'm going to carry on but I'm definitely going to need help to accomplish it.

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