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The 21 Infuriating Steps to Completing Any DIY Project
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Robert Brockway January 23, 2013 248,724 views

From gratification to medication, I like to do things myself. As a professional incompetent, however, I need a lot of help with my DIY projects. Help which, unfortunately, usually comes in the form of Internet research. If you, like me, are a giant asshole who happens to be tackling a big project soon, these are the steps you are inevitably going to follow, whether you like it or not. Hey, you do all the other prep work -- lay out your tools, clean your work area, arrange the parts -- why not prepare yourself psychologically by previewing all of your upcoming failures in numbered list form?


#1. General Research


"We're looking up money laundering in a dictionary."

You've got a project in mind, but you're no fool: Or rather, you're a fool who is well aware of your own limitations. So you want to go into this **** prepared. You're going to spend weeks on message boards, reading how-to guides and studying up on not only your particular project, but the entire theory behind the general workings of your project. You're going to be an expert before you ever step foot in that garage. Good for you!

#2. Getting Started

You've finally done it. It's taken weeks of work, but you've at last completed an extensive crash course in the topic of your choice, and you have graduated yourself with flying colors. You know what you have to do. You're ready to get started. All that's left is to head into the workshop ...

#3. Forgetting Everything



God damn it. What was your first step again?

...

You were supposed to cycle something, right? The motor? You were supposed to ... cycle ... the motor ... cycle-

God damn it.

#4. Back to General Research

All right, this is all looking familiar. Yeah, you just panicked a little. But now you've got it in your head. Real firm grasp of the knowledge here. Let's get back to the workshop.

[ChaoSS]

I'd tell you how I do it myself, but I think there are women and children on these forums.

[rojoracing53]

Most of my DIY videos and write ups never see the light of day because well........Yeeeaaahh(in a descending tone)

[choneofakind]

Are my DIY threads ok?

I've done R1 mirrors and bi xenon install. I also sorta went through how to install a CBR hugger at one point, but that was never an official thread, just a long post.

[alex.s]

"that songs thats like 'ERRY BODY DANCE NAW! unch, unch unch unch unch!"

[rawbert625]

that link perfectly describes my firs valve adjustment. Ohh man...