This took “forever” to dig out

I am a dad with an hour or so a day to play between work, chores, and family, and this feels like it took forever because of that. I posted screenshots a few weeks back with only the first two layers mined out and some basic stairs based on the Chand Baori well in India. Now the stepped levels go all the way to the end portal, and I have started patterning out the stairs on one side. Once I am happy with how they look, I plan to copy the pattern on the other three sides. After that, I will activate the end portal.

In all, I have roughly 50 double chests of blocks of to the side at the top of the pit. It would probable make Scar's chest monsters look tame. I have started throwing out stone and cobble stone just because I have so much. I'm keeping other blocks. I'll likely use it all to build a large village around this pit.