Meditation, yoga, and... "positive frog boiling"? My feelings on the lack of enlightenment.

Hey everyone, Just wanted to share a thought, maybe someone else feels the same.

I meditate pretty regularly (about 25 mins a day), plus yoga, karate, and generally just trying to be mindful in daily life.

Here's the kicker: when I look back at myself from years ago, I genuinely see a huge difference in my awareness. But... in the present moment? I feel like I've just gotten used to this better state.

There was no sudden "BOOM!", no wave of bliss washing over me, I didn't drop everything and run off to the woods. Quite the opposite – I have a family, a normal life, and responsibilities.

I've started calling this "positive frog boiling." There's progress, the water is getting "warmer," but it's happening so slowly and gradually that I don't feel it day-to-day. My "baseline" state has just shifted upwards.

Anyone else experience this? The idea that all this development is more about slow adaptation and a new normal, rather than some mystical fireworks?