yup yup waiting and watching your tree grow over time is probably the reason we all joined this hobby. the feeling of achievement, growth, moving onwards and upwards with progression in life hopefully is probably most of our goals in this hobby. Good luck, I always put my juniper clippings into a rooting solution so I can make more new bonsai to take up some of the waiting time waiting for another specimen to grow for a couple seasons. I think that's what gets some of us into trouble including myself, now I have over 3500 plants and still growing those stupid clippings. I just cant seem to throw out clipping bigger than a certain size, and after growing bonsai for30 years,, those darn clippings start to add up....luckily, if you don't wire a particular tree today, or this week, or even this month, they are usually pretty forgiving as long as they get watered enough to stay alive. that way if I get bored there is always something to shape, wire, trim, repot, ect, or if all I feel like doing is watering them, they really aren't that picky.
