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The Practice Ladder

Nine things, in order

Each rung has a test you can observe rather than judge. Do it, check the test, and log whether it passed. Three separate mornings settles it — not three tries today, because once is luck and twice is a good mirror.

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Chosen from your own record: 3 things open at the beginner stage, and what usually follows this page.

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