When I was first learning I found meandering difficult. The pressure to not cross previous lines of stitches and to keep it all even made me tense. (not good for FMQ). I also found doing shapes like stars challenging-hesitating at the tips of points or at corners without stopping too long was not a natural thing for me. I found doing swirls and loops much easier. It didn't matter if I crossed over previous stitching and who hasn't doodled swirly loopys? And, it didn't seem to matter so much when the designs weren't perfectly uniform.