Soleil continues

I got some more done on Soleil last night. I'm in the middle of the increases. The thing that kills me (and my motivation) when I'm working in the round is that it takes twice as long to show progress. I know I'm getting both the back and front done at once and I won't have to seam things together in the end, but I do so much of my knitting flat, that I don't really feel like I'm getting anywhere. If I could have a front or a back done, it would make me feel like I was halfway done while, on this project, working in the round, I am probably halfway done, but it doesn't feel like it. Does anyone else feel like this when you're working in the round? Am I crazy? (Don't answer that one.) I love the color and the feel of this top, but I think its the lack of obvious progress that has made me so unmotivated to work on it. I know I'll wear the silly thing once its finished, I just need to get it finished!