Going backwards to be able to go forward

Being in a wheelchair now, while having lived, gratefully not in one for the majority of my life, although I have painted myself into a corner several times  and have needed someone outside looking in to help me to figure my way out. I find myself trapped into some tight spaces occasionally. In order to get going again, I have had to backup and start over, something that I am starting to do without getting completely frustrated at my self for having to do  it again for the "umpteenth time," something about how we learn best by repetition. When will I learn already?