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“Hey Kit. Thanks for the reply. I have reviewed my initial goals and I’m not far off from achieving them. However the last few weeks I’m definitely not growing. Perhaps that’s normal at times. I’m not sure. I do get bored with the daily challenges. In fact I’ll download the tab at work and review at lunch, so when I get home I can knock it out and do something else. Typically this will be me working a few different songs. Chords, strumming, etc.”
So, @WillyB , if you don’t mind, I’d like to take a closer look at your reply to @Kitman . You said you have reviewed your goals and your not far off from achieving them, so you have improved. But then comes that word, “however”. We can’t convince you of anything you’re unwilling to believe. The plateaus get longer and longer the farther along your guitar path you go. That’s just the way it is. Then you admit you get bored. Right there is the key. That’s a rut. That’s what TAC is supposed to get you out of. Then you tell us “when I get home I can knock it out”. I knock out the lawn when it needs mowing. I knock out the dishes when they need doing. I knock out chores. I have fun playing my guitar.
I’m truly sorry, Willy, but there is nothing we can do for you. You aren’t enjoying your guitar. There is only one rule here and you aren’t doing it. “Have Fun”. It always surprises me when I run across someone for whom TAC doesn’t work. But it’s always the same reason, their attitude. Only you can change that.
You need to be true to yourself. You need to find enjoyment on your guitar journey. You have improved. But you don’t believe that improvement was worth the cost. That’s the justification you feel you need to move on. Be honest. You don’t need any justification, you simply need to want to move on. You’re allowed. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
Before you go, there is a way to “have fun” with the lesson if you wanted to give it a try. It’s pretty simple, it’s not some big, profound solution. It is simply a “tangent’. Start with the lesson, but have an open mind, a child-like mind full of wonder. Then dig into the lesson. Can you go somewhere else with it? Can you create something new? Could it be the riff for a new song you write? Could it be the beginnings of a really cool chord progression that you’ve never heard? Use it to come up with an original song or instrumental. Record it so you can share it. So you can learn to repeat it. Nothing like playing your own music. That’s the best.
MG 😀