The dull middle of any skill is where the crowd thins out. Stay for that part.

The middle of any skill is unglamorous, and that is where most people leave. Beginnings have visible improvement and endings have mastery, while the long flat stretch has neither, so the room empties and the only thing marking out the people who remain is that they remained. Being in that stretch feels like having stalled. It is actually the normal shape of getting good at something.

If you are there now, change how you measure rather than what you do. Count sessions instead of progress. Stay for the dull part and notice how few others do.