Well, at least you acknowledge your mistakes.
I lost around $1000 in my first months, then I stopped trading and kept training on a demo account. March I closed with 12% profitability and April I closed with a 8% profitability. I'm not trying to make a living of this because I don't have a gigantic account, I'm just trying to compound my gains over the course of 2 years or more until I have enough to live off of an 1% gain/month.
This is extremely hard because the reward seems so small after so much time and effort invested. If I make $500 in a great day I can't even celebrate and spend it because I need to compound it.