This post isn't a post about someone who scored his targeted score, but for a person who is struggling for around 2 years to reach her goal which is Q 165+ and Verbal 158+.

I am a dedicated person who studied an average of 1.30 hours a day for two years but did not overcome the GRE hell.
I tried different approaches in Quant and Verbal, my improvement is modest. For Quant, I jumped from 158 to 160 and verbal form, 142 to 146.
I feel down because in verbal I always eliminate until I am with two answer choices and end up choosing the wrong answer.
I struggle with the time
I struggle with accuracy
I struggle with strategy
I struggle with shortcuts
I struggle with language
I started with everyone telling me I don't need a tutor but that was the worse advice to me alone I couldn't move forward.
I joined Gregmat and understand his approaches in verbal but I couldn't apply them Well. So, the maximum I could reach is 146. My weakness was obviously with strategy and I joined him in his beginnings so he was tailoring his ways but anyway, I learned a lot. In Quant, he isn't that helpful, so I joined Target Test prep, and looking forward to improving.
I am trying now Manhattan and I am willing to improve.

Although I feel sometimes that I am in a black and deep hole, I have a hope that I will reach my goal. Although I cry sometimes when I get a punch of problems wrong, but I keep trying.

I hope my efforts pay off.