Patience goes a long way 
too bad i have none 
i almost quit when i went bankrupt and failed the westernization. It all happened at once, and i wasnt prepared for it by any means.
The failure came from westernizing, it introduced catholicism and changed my state religion, yet, all my provinces were still Totemist. The constant rebels popping up depleted more then 1500g as i ran about for like 25 years trying to squash it, eventually racking up such a huge debt that even when i got rid of all my troops, i was being crushed by interest, eventually bankrupting me 5 years before the westernization was over. I persisted with the game, though rebels controlled nearly half of my country, up until the last like 2 years, when fucking religious rebels broke my country, enforcing every demand of all the rebels including the halting of the westernization, which is just fucking retarded. Westernizing is still the shittiest and weakest part of the eu4 game. Unfortunately, i dont believe ill ever catch up to the western powers, as im tech 13, and they are 20. So the struggle still continues, i have to take 3 provinces to get the achievement.
