Agree with the former H, but not the latter.
To try and put any perceived success into perspective, I’m long retired and probably average between 4-6 hours a day.
Like everybody else I can go days and days with “not a lot” to show for the effort employed, this year has been exceptional for “newbies” as it has been for the almost total absence of regular “oldbies”.
Most of my return comes from skywatching, which I’ve often recommended, I’d be surprised if during this quarantine period more “new” garden birds aren’t found by the readership, particularly those of us that live a long way from the coast.
PS....It helps to be a touch obsessive.