>I've tried it too, I admit. You go from "I think it's doable" to "hell no, this isn't ever gonna work" in a couple of hours, lol.

I've been at it for around 12 years in my little free time and I've made fairly steady progress excluding a few setbacks. I think I must have gotten very lucky many times. I know that when I look at my approach back then, that I was wayyy off and very ignorant and ridiculous.