When it comes to your projects, making progress means you are approaching, you're getting closer to completion.
For as long as you continue to advance in the direction of your goal, your chances to achieve it are actually positive, the future is not decided, you didn't finish yet, but you do have a real chance.
But the moment you stop making headway, the moment you take a break, for as long as you remain in the same place, your chances immediately turn negative.
The 1 flips into a 0.
So make sure you're moving.