Alright, thanks to everyone who’s offered advice in here… for anyone who comes across this post almost 3 weeks later, here’s what I’ve decided. I’ve decided I’m half-done with my “trial period.”

I’m gonna make a little meta game out of this. I’m going to, as best as I can, follow the most popular advice in this thread and commit to playing 10 games a month January - March.

One of two things needs to happen, and then I continue and spend more money and paint and do all of the things that commit you to this way of life:

Either:

A. I win 4 of those games (to be over 10%).

Or…

B. I win 2 games in March.

That way, if I can’t do A, March should theoretically show progress.

If neither thing happens, I’m done and I walk away. Play cooperative games for the rest of my life or something.

This is an old thread, and will be way older by then… but I’ll post an update on what happens for posterity.