Plus, at various times, I’ve had to revisit things I learned years ago and ended up understanding it much better because I could connect it to a swath of things

Plus, at various times, I’ve had to revisit things I learned years ago and ended up understanding it much better because I could connect it to a swath of things I hadn’t learned the first time I saw the material. Math and its applications are a contact sport. You don’t truly appreciate it until you try to use it yourself.