the troll keeps us honest, the clean turning-point narrative is partly hindsight. realistically it was a gradual accumulation, accepting losses, trading less, sizing right, surviving long enough, that compounded into consistency, and the mind labels it a moment afterward. so the practical takeaway for the original question, dont wait for a dramatic click. do the unglamorous things, lose small, trade less, follow the plan, survive, and the consistency arrives so gradually you only notice it in hindsight. theres usually no lightning bolt, just the boring stuff done long enough.