- I put wet wood in, and do not remove it when begins stifling the fire

- I put small, easy to burn things on top, and larger, harder to burn things on bottom.  (Fire goes upward)

The result of these behaviors is that it is very hard to sustain a hearth.  Instead fires burn out quickly, and I end up using up all my tinder as fuel to sustain them.

The experience of this failure has many parts, but one is related to impatience and timing.  A good hearth fire, everything is done in a planning way, not a responsive way.  Impatience doesn't make a sustained fire, while I have these bad habits.

I also ignore what the fire needs, instead putting in things that are just barely what it doesn't, with regard to amount of tinder and such.

If I want to try again, I would need more tinder.

I like how gathering tinder lets me move my body.  I get to move my body so rarely.