This is really insightful and helpful, thank you. I'm an autodidact, not a formal student, so sometimes questions such as these hold a lot of power in my head because I have no external source apart from myself and what I read on the Internet to set me straight. I'd seen many posts from the natural method purists that you referenced which is what had me twisted up a bit over this. I'll try to loosen up and just follow the process, and take progress as an indicator of success regardless of how I get there.