I still suck at chess.

But I'm trying. I'm still mostly working on tactical puzzles and working through master games (Alekhine, for the most part). This is still, however, mostly light work. I'm not struggling hard against Alekhine, I'm reading at 20 minutes per game. I'm also still mostly on the level of tactical problems where, if I don't get it in 5 minutes, I'm probably not going to get it. I need to work hard against positions. That means playing slow games and doing hard analysis of complete games (or at least positions).