wrote:
At some point, it suddenly falls into place and comes together. There
is a lot of info and skill involved in becoming an IFR pilot and its
pretty difficult to do it in a short period of time. The brain is
processing the info and is affected by outside influences like daily
life?

Here is another pearl of wisdom to lighten things up a bit in IFR
training: Learning to talk on the radios during flight school is
like learning to talk to girls in highschool.

Everybody can relate to that, and if I could go back and do it all
over again, knowing what I know now...