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In my journey before TAC I worked a couple of other online programs. These instructors knew what they were doing, excellent players. But there were a lot of drill type lessons, things to practice as much as possible and perfect, before moving on to the next lessons. Guess what, discouragement accompanied by boredom soon set in and I involuntarily quit all those programs. TAC is entirely different, lessons are short and fun. Even if we are doing a drill it’s more like “playing” guitar!
I think we have to guard ourselves to be too much in practice mode. Practicing a skill is fine as long as you are enjoying it, but you can easily slide into frustration due to that perfectionist little devil we have inside. When I am trying to learn a picking pattern or a new (barre) chord I try to keep my practicing at it to short periods (I would say 3-10 minutes). I might do several such sessions in a day. I’m semi-retired and certain days don’t need to leave my home; on days like that I could pick up my guitar 10 or more times and I might go through parts of the daily challenge or just spend a few minutes working on a skill. You might call this practicing, but I avoid doing it for long periods.