I am finding Real Analysis to be more difficult than any other mathematics that I have studied before. I can seem to verify the truth of statements because they seem right; but I am having a difficult time producing rigorous and correct proofs.
It seems that High-School children (on the internet) are able to self-study Fomin with success. Bitterly, we remind ourselves:
"Comparison is the thief of Joy"—Theodore Roosevelt (probably)