This system sets me up to feel unsuccessful and leave feeling unsuccessful that day as well. At least, that's how it feels.

Thanks for posting!

The purpose of having separate practice sections before the timed sections is to give you lots of practice. Skills are best learned through lots of repetition over time, so it is important not to just rush through everything right away for the purposes of getting things done.

If you're struggling on some of the skills, then it's not going to help to skip right to the timed mini sections. Rather, completing those 3 "trivial sections" will strengthen your skills. If you're finding them to be easy, that's a good thing!