One thing to note with all kinds of talk of progress, letting go, advancing in something etc. is that this stuff is heavily tiered.
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The concerns of a novice are not the concerns of a journeyman are not the concerns of a master. You are where you are, mostly.
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And making any kind of progress is contingent on understanding your own needs at that moment. You have to go from where you are.
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I talk a lot about letting go of fears, giving in to change and letting yourself be - coolly and without fear - but that's highbrow stuff.
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If I wanted to learn programming, I woudn't start with a project much more complicated than "hello world". Your body needs time to adapt.
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I grew up in Norway and have a naturally high tolerance for cold, so I wear thin shirts in winter weather.
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But you won't see me wearing a jacket in the Greek summer, unless you're looking at my overheated corpse after some weird contract killing.
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One of the most important fundamentals of learning, that you need to internalize *no matter your level*, is it's all in due time.
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You need to know when you are ready to take something on, but that's something it takes a bit of experimentation & self-awareness to do.
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Just grasping something intellectually is nothing, which is one of the great taboos of our culture. Learning is not the same as "knowing".