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The daily structure of Mon-Fri with technique, lick, improv (think scales), rhythm (think chords), chord transition assigned to each day is somewhat additive but not exclusively. Thursday is the core of whatever song or style being presented for the week. Friday is the spice on the top. Monday technique helps build the skill needed the rest of the week. Wednesday is the long term skill building that will help you through many songs not just that weeks. Tuesday is a chance to learn a little piece or phrase that applies to that week but transfers to many other songs. I occasionally on the weekends will look at the process by day over multiple weeks, particularly to look at Monday technique exercises and Wednesday scales. I have some exercises in which I am particularly weak. Most involve a rhythm (like Mississippi Timing) I will re-visit routinely.
As the weeks start to come around again, I’ll be comfortable with for example technique and give it less effort but give the chord transitions more. Early with TAC my hardest day was the lick (Tuesday). Over time the Wednesday improv day seemed hardest. Now it is Chord Transitions for me.
As @ChuckS says, “TAC isn’t sequential”, but it is structured. But to speak to your example, if it were Thursday for my first weekly session I’d go with it for 10 minutes. If I couldn’t do it, I’d go back to technique Monday and see if that helped. So @langerking …. If not I’d move on and know I’ll do better next time it comes around. The key is the regularity of the habit that builds your muscle memory. There art no shortcuts so keeping fun in the process and not competing with others or your own expectations mitigates any frustration.