oh well clearly you have disposable income now, so that means you pay someone to do it for you!
jk
you really cant climb in one sitting without being superb compared to your opponent. in that situation you play and start over the full duration of the year, and hope for the best end result. if you have a job that usually means you have time after work or on weekends. so basically you have the opportunity to play about 14 or more games a week, 1 on weekdays after dinner or kids are asleep and 2 on each weekend day whenever you get the chance or up late.
you use those 5 to 14 games a week and it adds up over the season coming close to 200-400 over the season that you have access to. but if you play less than even 5 games a week you'll have maybe 100 games which isn't ideal but its possible and you can get an ok representation.