It’s hard to listen to it if you keep stepping on it. The reason is that if you step on it, the sound will be very noisy and mixed, and it will sound like "noise".
Most people who use pedals like to use the accent pedal, which is to press the pedal at the same time on the downbeat and strong position, and then release the pedal and press it again when phrasing.
My teacher taught me to use a syncopated pedal. To be precise, I play the note or chord first and then press the pedal.