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I think one of the very big concepts that we get here is the idea that you don’t have to master every exercise before moving on. I used to think I had to master what I was learning before I went on to new exercises, techniques, songs, riffs, etc. What that did was keep adding to my practice until I was working on a dozen things at the same time… if I got close to or achieved mastery on the first thing I started working on, I figured I had to keep hitting it night after night to keep that mastery. This turned out to be a big trap leading to frustration and failure as my practice routing got so long and convoluted, it just wasn’t realistic any more. I like to stay with about 3 things a session and I don’t need to master before I move on. The weird thing is sometimes, when I haven’t hit an exercise for a few day but rather, worked on something else, I go back to the exercise and I’m a ton better at it. Having “played at” guitar for a few decades, starting and stopping serious study several times but playing well enough to do a few songs around the campfire, I feel I’m making real progress into the intermediate stage with AC. Good luck!