Just read through your thread, You are getting good advice. I had forgotton that I posted to you before. Well thats a middle aged guy thing. LOL.
This is a process, every day you take another step, you keep growing. After a while you will be able to walk faster, and even start to run. That is what you must do. The MLC'er will catch up if he wants to, if not then you will be way down the road, not stuck in traffic.