Honestly, that shift in thinking is the whole thing. I used to see any meeting as a total waste, just a box to check. But a five minute huddle to get on the same page can save an hour of fixing a mess later. It feels less like a chore and more like just clearing the air before you start.

Honestly, that extra hour is time well spent to avoid a callback. I once rushed a set of those on a pantry cabinet and the drawer would stick every single time you opened it halfway. The homeowner pointed it out every time I saw them for like a year. Now I just accept that the first try is really a practice run, and I'll probably have to shim or tweak something. That clean look is worth the headache up front.

Honestly, that whole guessing hours thing hits home. I used to do the same with mileage for my old job, just rough estimates on a gas station receipt. Then I got a basic GPS logger app that just ran in the background, and the first month it showed I'd driven almost 400 miles more than I wrote down. That was a real wake up call about how bad I am at guessing anything with numbers. It feels so dumb to need an app for something that seems simple.