I am a few months in, and am STARTING to get pretty good close shaves on most of my face. What changed things for me was PMing a mentor regarding my technique. Things improved rapidly after that.
This was a few weeks ago now. I would say that everything he told me I probably could have found on the forum, but those half a dozen messages brought everything together. Writing the messages also made me think about what I was doing.
Best of luck, don't stress, you get another go in a day or two.