Remember: progress is not linear. Typically when you first start out there’s a suck phase where you’re just not that great and then they’re a quick progression as you get into the swing of things and that feels great, but don’t let it set you up. Because after that, it can go anywhere. You could be stalling for a long time and then suddenly make a breakthrough where everything just clicks. Or you realize your progress is good, but there’s a better process, so you have to back track or relearn things. Don’t get discouraged! Progress is progress, no matter how slow or painful. And sometimes a back track is part of progress! Even when it doesn’t always feel like it. I think the better sense of progress is “are you becoming complacent?” If you feel like you are, you may not be progressing well. Progress is often uncomfortable, so the more you are comfortable with the uncomfortable, the better you’ll be