When you can do the opposite of what other's tell you not to such as, taking off and landing on thedownwind, like I do 100% of the time without crashing. When you can fly a full tank with any airplane inverted until it runs out of fuel and do an emergency landing. When you can do 5 to 10 maidens in 1 day like I have, you can say to yourself that you are no longer a BEGINNER.

Take your time and the rest will fall in place, no need to hurry...