Hey there! Started my sourdough from scratch, and I’m on day 10. Pretty much ever since starting 2x daily feedings the starter has slowed down significantly. Day 3-4 everything was fine and the aroma seemed perfect from all my research. Day 5-8 my dough seemed thin (probably due to not having a kitchen scale), but it kept chugging on producing small bubbles, but never rising. Day 9 I got a kitchen scale, and days 9-10 after using the correct 1-1-1 ratios my dough seemed pretty thick (stuck and hung from the spatula when you stuck it in). Much fewer little bubbles than when it was thin and STILL isn’t rising, but the smell seems close to correct... maybe a bit shy of what I would expect in terms of strength of aroma. I’d like to think that the thing is still alive and working, but I thought it would happen by now. Am I doing it right? Should I keep going or should I change it up somehow? Gotta say (being new to this baking thing) this sourdough thing is more suspenseful than I expected lol. Thanks for the help!!

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