Appreciation post: I just finished my 100th cabinet door and the number felt bigger than I expected

I was working on a kitchen remodel in Spokane and finally glued up the last shaker door for the uppers yesterday. Seeing that count on my project log made me realize how much muscle memory I've built up for that one task. Do you guys ever track little milestones like that, and does it change how you feel about a job?

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hannahm391mo agoTop Commenter

My buddy Mark kept a log of all the trim miters he cut on a big house. He said hitting five hundred made the whole mess feel less like a list of cuts and more like one finished thing.

carter.laura1mo agoMost Upvoted

Yeah... it's funny how counting the small stuff can make a big job feel solid instead of just a bunch of parts.

joseph_ellis851mo ago

Hundred doors is a lot of shaker. Bet you could do the next hundred in your sleep now. I keep a tally of pocket screw holes on big jobs, mostly just to see how many times I've sworn at the jig.