Noticeable improvement in speaking ability after taking a few weeks off!

Wanted to share an experience that kinda goes along with what people have said here earlier about how breaks can allow things to sink in.

I was visiting family for the holidays so I didn't get much input and did 0 speaking practise for around 3.5 weeks. I resumed my iTalki conversation lessons this week and all my interactions were much smoother, i.e. my percieved effort was noticeably lower. One of my teachers (conversation partners?) asked me if I had been practising Spanish a lot over the past few weeks as my conjugations were so much better.

I'm still far from where I want to be but this has been a good boost.