Quote Originally Posted by HungeJ0e View Post
My experience exactly to a T... once I let go of a "system" and paid attention to what the edge was doing, that was the breakthrough. Holy smokes I wasted a lot of time on the "pyramid" system and almost hung it all up...

You don't need a loupe to understand the edge (and eventually you can ditch the loupe) but at the beginning it makes it way easier to understand what's going on.
I wasn't going to mention the "P" word because I didn't want to interject that into the mix. It actually worked for me but it ultimately capped my progress. It's a distraction from what really counts and won't do it if there are problems that need to be addressed. Actually it's kind of liberating not having to keep up with all those laps.
I use a magnifying glass with the small extra magnifier. That's enough to see what I need to see.