One things that I have learned is that my work looks "better" after I have stepped away from it for awhile.
I did my first wholecloth last year as part of our LA group's annual challenge. There were parts I was not so crazy about at the time. But now, several months later, I look at it and say "Wow!! I did pretty darn GOOD!!"
Sometimes our focus is so close, we can't see the forest for the trees... and our forest looks much better than we thought when we were standing next to just one tree.