Yeah, the big plan is overrated. My five year plan from 2020 is just a list of restaurants that closed. Your neighbor gets it, he just swapped spreadsheets for sprockets. Maybe the real life design is just using the tools you already have in the garage.

Look at the bright side, a connect the dots picture is still a picture. Did they actually find a real problem or just a bunch of minor stuff? Sometimes those reports make a big deal out of normal house stuff.

Watched my buddy try to fix a broken hollandaise by dumping in cold butter all at once. It just turned into a greasy, lumpy mess in the bowl. He had to start over from scratch with new eggs. Sometimes you just can't save it once it splits too far.