Nice work man.
At one point in your life, even attempting to walk was incredibly difficult and effort-ful, until you could just do it. Appreciate the time you spent w/ whatever material or whatever you did to get you to the place of it being simple and effortless. It always looks effortless and simple in retrospect (even things that actually are simple, hehe, your last sentence was right on
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It was all valuable and part of the process.. not a moment was wasted and you did exactly what you needed to. Acknowledge yourself.