Skill is subconsciously made throughout the process of doing and learning.
And for some reason, best effort may come first and for that the progressive wave might look sloping down.
But this is an illussion. We keep improving, even the progress is low or high.
I think one of the benefits of being human is, we have some chance to create our surroundings and affect how we frame our experience. If we choose not to take any responsibility for ourselves, we can't direct how or what we learn.
So insightful.. 👍