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Hi there @kdmathis and @butterfly and I echo everyone’s welcome to TAC but I think you are entering the danger zone just now. Make it through the second 30 days and you will be walking on air. I only started in April, thoroughly enjoyed the 30 day challenge, did the 6 extra chords course (really struggled with the last one) then started floundering around a bit. Dipped into a few courses but didn’t feel ‘good enough’ to do the daily challenges. So wrong! You don’t have to be good enough, in fact that’s the whole point. So take on board the excellent advice above and aim for consistency and that 10 mins a day (whatever days you can).
After 9 months I now can’t walk past my guitar without picking it up and playing. I do the challenges during the week (manage about 40-50% of them at x1 speed, but give them all a try) then at weekends I just play for pleasure, write a tune or learn a song I like by searching for a YouTube tutorial and this helps me put the techniques Tony teaches into practice. That works for me, may be different for you. I post 1 or 2 tunes each month on the Play for Us forum, more to track my own progress than anything. I quite literally have made more progress in 9 months than the last 40 years of playing the same old 5 or 6 chords (and then gaps of years without playing anything). In fact I have felt so confident I will now become a guitarist that I have bought 2 new guitars this year! Check out what everyone posts on Play for Us and you’ll see many of us making ‘mistakes’ but pushing forward anyway because going outside your comfort zone is what brings progress. Good luck and you’ve already made the most important step… You’re here! Keep on rockin’ 🤟😎🎸