Another cam degree question!!

I also got my cam done by Oregon cams. I picked it myself based off of ancient posts both here and the /6 site, I went with the #819. I beat myself up about it especially right after I got it into the engine, but it seems there are a lot of cams that are pretty close to each other and will work pretty much the same. I have my engine back together and have run it in the garage a couple of hours so far but haven't yet had it on the road.
You aren't the only one who has trouble decreeing a cam. I'm right with ya. I've assembled plenty of engines over the years usually just doing the "dot to dot and forget it" deal. I've only ever degrees in a couple of them and it's a struggle each time. Because I did it once and there were several years between attempts at the degreeing process.
Once I get into it I figure it out once again,
I've degreed in a couple successfully along with this forum holding my hand each time, but in between I've done a couple, gotten confused said "screw it", done the dot to dot thing, hid the timing set behind the cover and went on with life.