Knowledge and timber should n’t be much used till they are seasoned.

Something you learned last week is not yet yours. It sits near the surface, still shaped by whoever taught it, and it warps under load in ways you cannot predict. Time, use and a few corrections settle it into something you can actually build on.

Before you act hard on a new idea, give it a season of quieter testing. Try it in low-stakes places, argue with it, notice where it fails. What survives that is worth putting weight on, and the rest was never load-bearing.