Grit and Growth

As I was going for a morning jog I got to thinking about what it means to have grit. I'm currently on day 49 and it seems that the higher I achieve in my No PMO the more I feel like I can compete with other humans that have a similar amount of self control. When I was watching porn I felt like shit and like I couldn't stand against high quality humans. But now as my character is leveling up through Hard Mode, I feel like I can keep up with high quality people, because I am becoming high quality. Anyone else relate?