Generally speaking, there are four levels of mastery when learning: (These aren't mine, and I'm not immediately remembering who developed them, but it's easily searchable on Mr. Google):
Unconscious incompetence -- making mistakes without even realizing that they're mistakes
Conscious incompetence -- realizing that you're making mistakes, but stlil making those mistakes
Conscious competence -- being able to perform a skill without mistakes but only when specifically focused on doing so
Unconscious competence -- being able to perform the skill correctly and consistently without consciously having to think about it.
I would say get to the conscious competence stage before moving on to the next. Be able to do the thing correctly and reasonably consistently (not perfectly, too much pressure!) while focusing on it. The fourth stage comes with time and practice.
My two cents.
"I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk."