I somewhat reluctantly started stage 1, Dragon Fire, in July 2021. I’d started my new stack (an earlier version of the stack I’m running right now), and it became clear that internal healing and shifting were a priority. I was feeling excessively determined and internally "traffic-jammed’, which is a space I get into somewhat easily. A kind of less effective version of monk mode. So, on 11 July 2021, I set the intention and started Dragon Reborn stage 1.
One immediate effect was that I became somewhat more flexible and open with regard to my growth journey. As a result, this led to my first “break”:
13 September 2021 to 7 November 2021- I participate in the original ZP trials.
In September, Saint announced this new development called ‘ZP’ and invited intrepid forum users to test it out. I was in a newly open and flexible state of mind and thought, ‘Maybe this will be good for me so that I don’t get so hell-bent on one path again.’
haha. I imagined that it would probably last a few weeks. It wound up being 2 months. It was worth it. We got the amazing ZP build, which is still unfolding and leading to enhanced results for everyone (including yours truly).
Anyway that was an uncharacteristically long break between Dragon Fire (stage 1) and Dragon Blood (stage 2). I suspect that might have been one of those perfect , ‘Divine Timing’ kinds of deals that I would never have done had there not been an external reason.
On 8 November 2021, I began stage 2 of Dragon Reborn: Dragon Blood. At this point, it was still in the (recognizedly intense) Qv2 build. There was no Dragon Reborn ZP yet.
Ran Dragon Blood Qv2 from 8 November 2021 to 28 January 2022.
That’s when Dragon Reborn ZP was released. I finished out the last week of Dragon Blood (28 Jan 2022 to 5 February 2022) in Dragon Blood ZP.
Took 5 days for processing, and then started stage 3 Dragon Flight (now) ZP, on 11 February 2022.
11 February to 24 Apr 2022 was Dragon Flight. On Qv2, I’d listen to one stage for 3 months. Now with ZP it switched to 3 play periods. Each play period was 26 days (21 active days + 5 sub-free processing days).
And ultimately, 30 April 2022, started Dragon Reborn (stage 4 of Dragon Reborn).
From 30 April to 15 June (2 ZP play periods) I ran the major program version.
At the same time, overlapping that, I created a Dragon Reborn-based Terminus-build custom, DRAKARI Transcend. From 16 May to 11 July 2022, I also played that.
11 July 2022 was my final day with Dragon Reborn.
After that, I took a month for processing and washing out. On 12 August, I started my current, post-DR phase of listening.
And that, as they say, is that.

Hmm… so throughout most (really all) of my journey, I was playing different versions than the one that exists now. ZPv2.
I had one long break between stages 1 and 2. And after that, I had very short breaks–the recommended 5 days–between 2 and 3, and between 3 and 4. After 4, I had a longer washout break.
Wishing you a very fruitful and utterly expansive and singular journey of your own!