When did you start to feel momentum? Did you at all?

hi fam-

I'm currently in the basic vocab and basic grammar grind and got curious at what point (in terms of word count or time studying) those of you farther along might have started to feel wind under your sail?– where learning new words wasn't quite as arduous as it was in the beginning and/or you were consuming at least partially-comprehensible content that was interesting or even hard to put down.

I don't think I'm burning out per se and I do enjoy the grind for the grind's sake. But it does feel a little bit like I'm crawling in the dark towards a goal I'm sort of just assuming (?hoping) is there by faith LOL. Sorry to be dramatic but I'm curious if anyone else has felt similarly.