I have been struggling since last year. One of them got hit in May and then recovered then hit again in August to never really recover. One got negative ranking movement in oct-november. Plus a couple have just been stuck at 2-3 place for a lot of keywords for over a year.
on the 13th everything just bloomed and, still, the wrong pages are ranking for keywords barely mentioned on them on the site hit twice. But they rank high none the less which makes me happy

Overall a 2500+ in rankings over the 4 sites that have had a bit of a struggle since last summer/this winter.
Really happy right now since I actually became so frustrated I started making youtube videos and rank just to diversify my portfolio and not go broke

Well now I have a decent daily income from YT too and can hopefully get these sites to where they deserve to be again, finally!
Felt like I was pissing against the wind for over 8 months now. Writing articles and building out the site...