Build something out of wood, like a birdhouse or shelf.

“Building my first shelf was an extremely powerful experience for me. I still remember having a bunch of jars cluttering my space and feeling so aggravated at my lack of organization. Then I felt such delight in my ability when I finally did something about it. The result: jars perfectly fitting on shelves suited to each size. Clutter gone. Amazing. That was 15 years ago. At the time, I was building out of slab wood (the scraps left over from milling logs), making my cuts with a chainsaw and attaching everything together with a borrowed drill.”

“So I go out to Sears, buy a circular saw, nails, some ¾ plywood and 2 weeks later (yes 2 weeks of going out to the garage after work, literally not knowing anything about measuring or what I was doing) I built two boxes without a top. And I LOVED it!”