I guess I've gotten less patient as the years have gone by.Plus that bear market in 2022 and subsequent choppiness wreaked havoc with my system.
I started trading index options, and while I sold a ton of them in those days, it wasn't my money. But that's where the counter trading started. However once trading stocks on my own, I never looked back, as the idea of self-managing options positions and greeks had no appeal compared to the 1->1 delta of stocks and futures etc.