See Proof Your Patience Is Working

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You’ve been practicing the guitar for eighteen months. You can feel that you’re better than you were—your fingers move faster, you hit the chord changes without that panicked pause. But when someone asks you what you’ve actually improved this week, you freeze. *What did I improve this week?* You probably muttered something about a song you almost finished, then changed the subject. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: your brain is a terrible record-keeper. It’s wired to notice the gap between where you are and where you want to be, not the distance you’ve already covered. This is what I call *progress blindness*.