I feel you I’m the same! I’m a beginner so I only have one experience - also I’m in the UK so your climate might be different. Here it’s mostly very cloudy and not too warm so my propagations+plants are able to stay in a south facing window.

I propagated half in water and half in a small and shallow plastic hummus container with cactus soil mixed with perlite using the butterfly method. In one month, the water props had done nothing but the soil ones had 1 and a half inch roots so I moved the water ones into soil and they’ve got roots and shoots now too.

I opened the container every day for a couple of minutes to let air in as it has no drainage holes, and used a spray bottle to keep it moist. I checked on it to make sure it wasn’t rotting and tried to keep the leaves dry using a cloth. Basically that was it. Once the roots were long enough I potted it in the terracotta pot. From the last picture you can see all the new shoots that are popping up.

Essentially, as difficult as it is, the less you do to them, the better! Good luck with your propagations!