There. I'm finished. Um, just give me a second. I want to come up and have a look at it.

I finished it. Oh, excellent. Uh, although it's a little bit crooked. I think it's fine.

I don't know. I mean, I still think we should hire that carpenter. No, no. This is better. Look.

I mean, I did it myself. Yeah, but you scratch the top a little bit. You see them there? Oh,

you'll never see that. I mean, once the books are on it, there's real satisfaction in completing a

do-it-yourself project. You can learn some new skills, maybe save a bit of money, and you get

bragging rights when it's all finished. But this DIY approach can also lead to some irrational

perceptions about the things you built, whether that's a bookshelf, a house, or even an airplane.

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My name is Michael Ojo. I guess you can call me a pilot influencer.

Michael Ojo has been an aviation enthusiast since he was a kid. I grew up in Lagus, Nigeria,

and when we were kids, going to school was a chore. And by that, I mean, usually we would walk

to school, and it wasn't because there wasn't a car. It was usually because the roads were so bad

that the cars were unable to drive on them. And oftentimes, I would see airplanes flying,

walking to school, and I used to envy, you know, the people in that thing, whatever that was.

Michael dreamed of taking to the skies. His first flight was a big one.

The very first time that I actually stepped in an airplane was when I was 12 years old,

coming here to the United States. And I thought to myself, like, this thing is huge,

and I was so fascinated by the fact that this tiny object that I've been staring at all this time

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