What was it like for you when you started to get past beginner elo ranges like 800 and higher?

Was it very gradual improvements or did anything help you jump up some notches or a mix of both?

Currently I’m just palying puzzles and chess.com bots until I can’t go no more, presently I am able to sometimes beat 800+ elo bots but I can never seem to break 200 elo games against people