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Great job of venting JoeT!What if I said you are absolutely right, but not quite. I was a dabbler for years and could never LEARN enough. Then I stumbled onto this site. At first,I tried the 30 days to do this etc.. How to get going etc,. I was getting discouraged. Btw im 78 so I could croak any day. But then slowly I started taking the pressure off myself. I established a regular daily practice time . I took the courses and am still working on them.Some are still way out of my league. Then I started trying the daily Challenges throwing up my hands many times.BUT…as time goes on I can do this one and almost do that one and have a goal of being able to do another one next year.For me one of the best sources of reenforcement is the small wins area followed by people of all abilities playing on the forum. If I could Id like to suggest just a couple of slight changes to your routine. I think You are trying too hard and playing too often. Back off a little. show up everyday but dont insist that you be able to do such and such. It will come and you wont even know it is happening. suddenly you can play that chord or almost do that lick etc etc. There is a great Jerry Butler song and the title says it all “take It Easy on Yourself”. Said with empathy and understanding