Is progress linear? Or does it hold itself from one’s view only to surprise them just when it matters the most? Is it then up to us to subscribe evidence in the place of God for our progress? Does that aide the making of progress in anyway? Or does it more so, hinder it? Keep the faith and steady the belief. Believe in yourself for starters and hold faith that it will work out to your favour. Trust in your belief of God’s plan, of a universe that feeds back exactly what is fed. Treat your actions of practice akin to the worship in the temples of the world: consistent and passionate. Whether one finds the idea of the creator less than ideal, it only aides the keen worker of his skills to bring a confidence in self and all else that defies rationality.
Meditate.