

Skill is (almost) a linear function of time spent.
Want to get better at something ? Just do it more. Learning about it can increase the factor, but it won’t actually increase skill directly.
« C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron »
( It is by smithing that one becomes a smith. French proverb )
There are definitely many trees that sprouted the day you were born (yes, even if you were born in winter, the southern hemisphere exists), many of which are likely to outlive you, some even by multiple centuries, millenia if you’re lucky.
There are more trees on earth than stars in the milky way.