The elusive nature of the learning process

Programs or skills, before embedding themselves in our subconscious through rigorous, daily repetition, start as meek, hesitant intents and failed  attempts.
At first, we pant, sweat struggling with simplest of moves, we curse our ineptitude, draw in a hefty amount of air and start again.
At some point during that process of learning, we start to have moments of effortless “doing”. These moments would disappear and reappear periodically following a tumultuous, mercurial schedule.
These ebbs and flow in performance will give us the motivation to keep moving forward, or the fatal blow to the impatient among us.

Effort is never linear, we feel the taste of mastery, only to be violently dragged back to square one, because there is a leeson to be learned there.

We feel like an infant from whom the pacifier is snatched away for no other reason than to torment him.

Progress should never be pursued for its own sake and goals should never be laid out in clear outlines. 

These two "concepts" should be vague, adjustable, and most importantly, out of sight.

The most important component that should always be part of our daily routines is "showing up daily and doing what needs to be done".

Progress is a byproduct of "showing up daily", and it should never be the conscious objective of whatever quest we embark on.