Because there will almost always be periods where you regress either temporarily or permanently if your upkeep is not good enough. Every time I've tried to get fitter and healthier, I've had a small amount of success followed by me rapidly putting on more weight than when I started. My math skills are well below when I was at uni, despite now being a math teacher, because I haven't reviewed the higher level skills in a long time. The continued growth shown in this image relies on consistent, increasing effort (as you get better, it gets harder to improve further) along with some luck (unforseen circumstances not getting in the way), and in reality, people frequently lack the motivation to achieve this. If you pause your efforts, you will often lose skills rather quickly. So it's somewhat demoralising if you know that you genuinely are not improving.
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Because there will almost always be periods where you regress either temporarily or permanently if your upkeep is not good enough. Every time I've tried to get fitter and healthier, I've had a small amount of success followed by me rapidly putting on more weight than when I started. My math skills are well below when I was at uni, despite now being a math teacher, because I haven't reviewed the higher level skills in a long time. The continued growth shown in this image relies on consistent, increasing effort (as you get better, it gets harder to improve further) along with some luck (unforseen circumstances not getting in the way), and in reality, people frequently lack the motivation to achieve this. If you pause your efforts, you will often lose skills rather quickly. So it's somewhat demoralising if you know that you genuinely are not improving.