The muscle memory is a miraculous thing. Be it anything you've repeated many times like golf swings, hitting nails with a hammer or splitting firewood with an axe works a lot better if you let the body do it without thinking. If I try to hit the middle of a wood block to split it I hit off center, but when I just swing without trying I almost never miss the mark. Over thinking really messes up a routine. Anyway good luck with your house renovation and hope the weather stays favorable.