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I reflected upon your question when I read it a few days ago.
Great question and something many should asked themselves to keep their momentum going. Last year, I started TAC around this time. My first year was a year of “introductions” – chords, strumming patterns, techniques (bending, slides, hammer ons/pull offs, etc.), licks, alternate tuning, and so much more. It was definitely a year of “firsts”.
This year I will expand my initial knowledge to understand the “why’s”. The notes, the melodies, the harmonies, along with the history of how the individual artists developed the song. I will listen more to hear the chords and their transitions. I will concentrate my time on the rhythm guitar portion to get the timing right since the chords are becoming easier to play correctly (except Barres – work in progress). Eventually, my goal is to create my own song; but to do so, I needed the basic understanding of everything.
I’m looking forward to this year as I move from a very basic beginner to a novice. And my one goal is to learn to play “The Weight” by The Band and maybe some of their other songs as well. Again, great question and thank you for posting it!