so i have established my daily practise. i meditated 61 consecutive days now. and on most of them i did "the mind illuminated practise" for at least 15-20min.

i got somewhat to the point where i could stay continuously with the meditation object. and my mind for sure did not wander away anymore. (sometimes the meditation object wasnt as clear but forgetting did not happen anymore)
so i felt like i was at the beginning of stage 4 i think.

however since the last two weeks my practise got more confused and seem like a backwards progression. my mind gets lost in thought again quite a lot. it does not wander away though. it gets caught in an upcoming thought, but immediately recognizes it, so i can go back to the meditation object. sometimes it also seems like there is a flickering of thoughts... or half-thoughts even that cant be exactly made out for what they are.

feels like i am a bit stuck now. frustrating

any advice?