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Slow going, 60 days for 30 day challenge, what to do next
I’m a slow learner even though this is my second time at learning the guitar. The first was 50 years ago when I played in college for fun. I am finding it harder to learn to play at my older age, 72.
I am basically done with the 30 day challenge even though it has taken me over 2 months to go through it and have some competency with what was taught. Forget the super chords, can’t do that. I haven’t mastered everything but feel I can do the basics enough to move on otherwise I would probably need another 60 days to get really be able to say I can play everything without mistakes.
Going into the 5 day challenges, are there any that are easy for those of us just coming out of the 30 day challenge that anyone can recommend?
Thanks
Brent
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3 Replies
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The Quick Start guide https://tonypolecastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TAC_User_Guide-v5.pdf recommends doing the 5 day Routine Challenge. After that you jump right into the Daily Challenges.
You are not expected to master or perfect any challenge. The idea is progress over perfection. Consistency is the key, practice for at least 10 mins each day. Do the best you can and move on. Some days the exercise will be easy, others it will be impossible. Just give your best try and move on to the next day. The challenges will come around again at which time you will get a little further.
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Hey Brent
Do the daily challenges each day as best you can, and keep practicing what you learned in the 30-day challenge. Try finding some easy songs to learn, maybe even ones you played 50 years ago—you might be surprised at how quickly they come back. And as you know, there are hundreds of beginner songs on YouTube. From one old guy to another—yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks.
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Sounds like you are striving for perfection. You want to lose that approach to the challenges ASAP, because it will completely steal your joy and ultimately cause you to fall away from consistently playing.
The Daily Challenges are quite a step up from 30 Days to Play and even the 5 Day Routine, and getting them completely under your fingers is going to take months and years. Most importantly the skills in all the challenges are repeated over and over, so what you don’t pick up in one challenge might come naturally to you in another!
Try to enjoy the ride! Do what you can in each challenge without worrying about completing it! Try to find something that you learned or something that went better than before or maybe better than you expected. Those are WINS, share your wins all the time! Mark complete and move on!
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