New JBP and newbie to Bonsai

[Toraidento]

So here's a few more pics. The first one should the tree after I cut the sacrifice branches over the next several years.

 

[LCD35]

So here's a few more pics. The first one should the tree after I cut the sacrifice branches over the next several years.

This is great man, I'm glad you stuck with it. Great pics.

Question: What are the biggest things you've learned in the past two years?

 

[Toraidento]

This is great man, I'm glad you stuck with it. Great pics.

Question: What are the biggest things you've learned in the past two years?

 

[Toraidento]

This is great man, I'm glad you stuck with it. Great pics.

Question: What are the biggest things you've learned in the past two years?

I'm not sure, to be honest. I have learned so much. Patience is still hard for me. I want to work on them right now, and expect results faster than they come. I have read books, watched videos, went to the Winter show in Kannapollis NC. Met Bill Valvannis, Mark Comstock brought me in to help tote trees in Friday night before the show made me feel like the Bonsai community is very welcoming. Met several others there over the weekend, all seemed to be just as nice as Mark and Bill. But I guess the best thing I've learned is don't be scared to try. You will kill trees, but don't let that turn you away.
Oh maybe don't over water, I'm having the hardest time watering I tend to over water and it is causing me trouble.