Update: I just laid my 10,000th brick on a garden wall in Eugene

I was building a serpentine wall for a client and kept count out of habit. When I set that last brick, the number hit me. It's not about the count itself, but the fact I can now spot a bad batch of bricks just by the sound of the trowel hitting them. That kind of feel only comes from putting in the reps. Anyone else have a number that made them realize how much they've learned without even trying?

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richard_nelson5mo ago

Funny how the hands learn things the brain doesn't even track. For me it was sharpening chisels. Stopped counting after a few hundred, but now I can tell by the sound of the steel on the stone if the angle is right before I even look. Muscle memory just takes over.

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jana_lewis165mo ago

Honestly @richard_nelson that's so true. I get the same thing when I'm tuning my guitar, my hands just know the right spot on the pegs before the note even hits. It's wild how the body just learns stuff on its own.

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