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@JenRho congratulations for continuing along your guitar journey – many people dont make that first step and instead surrender to the voices of doubt and frustration. They set the guitar down, never to be picked up again. I would ask you to revisit one of your early statements and from there many other items will fall in place.
“I know I’ll never be a great musician” hmm – think about that for a minute. What is a “great musician”? A virtuoso ? Many virtuosos are not that successful monetarily. One who has gold records or fills a stadium of ticket paying fans ? Many “stars” are not great musical technicians. I will tell you my definition. It is someone who decides later in life to try something new, then sits by the bedside of her Nana and plays music to bring her joy. There you have one of the greatest musicians of all time.
It flows from intent. If your intent is to bring yourself and others joy through music then everything that flows from that is pure, and good enough. Every wrong note, every forgotten chord. I can tell you when I got to the point of playing live paying gigs I realized people actually dont mind the occasional mistake that is obvious (as you stated, most mistakes are not even noticed). I have learned to own them, joke about them, because those listening all of a sudden feel like the they are apart of something real, organic, happening right then, right now and it draws them in closer to the creative process.
The nerves will always be there a bit. Just remember nerves come from a place of wanting to give to others your very best, and what every comes through your performance will be good enough.