Yeah my model of learning is like a game of ping pong where I go back and forth, reading some information, fumble with it, read it again, practice it again, etc

Yeah my model of learning is like a game of ping pong where I go back and forth, reading some information, fumble with it, read it again, practice it again, etc. Until one day I wake up and realize the thing I found difficult to understand is now second nature. When I was a junior developer, I recall reading comments from other developers suggesting to extensively read docs before applying a library/language, but I find that reading without actively practicing results in lost knowledge because I don't really have anything for the knowledge to cling on to. It's akin to watering a field where you don't know where the seeds are.