Painting dilemma (long). What would you do?

the first car i ever did paint and body work to i was 17 and it was my old 79 chevy pickup, first car, painted it 69 chevy lemans blue, paint ended up awful super wavy panels the works, still got a lot of compliments but i always saw the negatives fast forward to a few years ago i worked cut and replaced about every panel on my 72 duster, painted it black, its not perfect, but much better than my old chevy, i imagine if i didnt paint it black it would look a lot better than it does, if i ever paint a car again im sure it will look even better, i dont believe in "talent" i believe in hard work experience and perseverance. paint it yourself i bet youll surprise yourself how it turns out, besides, are we not in this hobby to do it ourselves? take pride in your work, trust me those professional painters first paint job didnt look professional.