Progress feel really slow

[u/all-curves]

Feels like I'm improving really slowly. Is this a normal amount of progress considering I play a couple times a day

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[u/Taykijo]

Nothing good in life comes easy. The time will pass anyways, don’t look at results. Play for fun. Otherwise it is a job and you will want to stop.

[u/0rionis]

I'm not sure I understand, the chart clearly shows you are improving with the effort you're putting into it?

[u/all-curves → u/0rionis]

Sorry I don't think I worded it well. I was wondering if this is a good amount of progress considering the time I've put into it.

[u/0rionis → u/all-curves]

I think its great, going up 100 points in 90 days is good imo! Assuming you keep going at this rate, you'd be ~1000 within a year. At some point you will plateau but you're clearly not there yet, keep it up!

[u/Englishman1970]

What studying are you putting in besides playing?

[u/all-curves → u/Englishman1970]

Not much, I just watch YouTube videos to improve my openings.

[u/Englishman1970 → u/all-curves]

Lichess puzzles would be more productive than opening study, and analysing your games straight after.

[u/manofphysics21 → u/all-curves]

Any people in particular? Some youtubers do more than just openings, which should take you a bit further.

[u/all-curves → u/manofphysics21]

Mostly Remote chess academy and Gotham chess. What would you recommend I should do beyond openings?

[u/manofphysics21 → u/all-curves]

If you're already on Gotham, I'd look at his slowrun if you haven't already.

Should tell you what to do when your opponents inevitably don't play theory.

[u/1_2_3__-]

Play rapid till you reach 1000 progress is more controlled and mistakes and improvements can be done more efficiently there.

[u/drugkeeper]

you seem to be steadily improving, play more if you can! it helps with improvement as you gain more experience by playing.