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In fantasy it's easy and guaranteed. You pay a pittance to learn from an expert who you met randomly for an instant boost. You get better just by doing something 1000 times and your skills likely will never degrade.
In reality, you tried something and failed without learning much new. You watched tutorials that did not help, or you tried making something work and all you got was a headache and an ugly mess. You are stuck with projects/progress due to external factors that you don't know how to (or can't) fix currently. 1000 iterations probably doesn't mean as much skill improvement as you wish it did and you also lose proficiency because you did not have the time/reason to engage those skills.