After starting the stretching routine once again, I’m edging closer toward the goal of completing a full forward split. At this point, it still hurts quite a bit to get down even though I am able to do the split. So when it stops being a pain, we can safely say I’ve done it.

Note to all trying to accomplish this, just keep pushing through the pain. It’ll be worth it in the end and you can finally take it off your to-do list.