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Seems you and I are in the same boat …played a little way back when and then decided I wanted to improve upon what I could do and learn a few more things along the way. The F chord has always been my nemesis, but in a weird way. I find the barre chord easier than the “easy F”, and through many tries, I find I have to rotate my first finger to even get close to a good barre on the first fret. For some reason, I have trouble getting the B string to ring out…all other strings sound great ! When that happens, I try to just slightly alter my finger to get there. Hopefully one day it’ll happen right after a transition, but I’m not there yet. Best tip I’ve heard recently that I hadn’t heard before… use your right forearm ( strumming hand ) to put pressure on the guitar body into your body, thereby causing the neck to pivot away from you. The result is that you don’t have to press as hard on the barre chord with your fingers ( and thumb on the back of the neck ), since the neck is now providing some of the pressure. Oh…and play around with your thumb position on the back of the neck too !