I agree that over time we get a better sense of what the core issues are for us. However, I also believe that the more you uncover, the more you find. While I’m not there yet, I hope that someday (soon), I’ll have uncovered all of those core issues and worked through them significantly. That’s not to say that I know they won’t crop up now and then, but as you pointed out, they will give me a sense of familiarity and knowing where I am and therefore I can get even greater self understanding.

My guess is that over time we get a better sense of what the core issues are for us. This doesn’t give us more control necessarily, certainly not more control over how much time it takes. It does give us a sense of familiarity and knowing where we are though.