Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

I recently started studying with the Hare Krishnas and have been trying to increase my number of rounds of japa. Some days I cannot do more than a few. Is progress still possible if I can only do a few rounds? For awhile I was up to 7 and then my schedule got busy and I dropped to 3 and gave up because I thought there was no use if I could just do a few.