10,000 hours of effort do not happen in one day.
Your token consumption is not an adequate metric of how long it takes for you to accomplish your work.
There are things in life that are designed and meant to take a long time to get there and figure them out.
After drawing for 10ish years, I’ve finally found the pencil I like the most to work with – the right weight, feel, and lead composition.
Things are meant to take time to get them done.