Ummm, yes??
edit: Also, I just read a memoir piece I wrote when I was fourteen, about siblingship and watching bees. Observation #1: BEES! STILL A THING. Observation #2: So prententious. And florid. I'm glad I'm not that writer anymore. So very glad. XP
If you ever feel like you have not particularly improved at something, LOOK BACK. TRUST ME, YOU HAVE.