Self Published

I've always wanted to have a copy of my own book in my hand. It's the dream. I love watching the unboxing videos because they're amazing. 

I once thought it might be nice to have a copy of my book that I

published by myself. Just a one time thing. Even if it never gets published, I'll still have a copy of it.

I've been looking into it and Lulu.com have been recommended by other authors. 

I once asked my husband for a published copy of my book as a Christmas present. It turned out that I needed to do a complete rewrite before Christmas and didn't have it finished in time for it to be a Christmas present. 

It's going to be finished in time now! 

What do you think? Is it better to wait until it's the official published copy, or just have my own copy published by myself just to have the book in my hand?