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Hi Kirk,
I will give it a try to share some of my personal wisdom 🙂
Of course it is hard to tell what’s going wrong with your C-chord without seeing you doing it. Also as I am with 43 years a bit younger, I have no clue what struggles older hands have to fight to get them on the right spots of the fretboard. But we have a lot of people at your age here in the community who might understand your situation better and give better advice.
I think important is to take it easy! It is your personal journey and however long it takes to be satisfied with your C-chord or whatever comes next, take your time and try to have fun and just trust in the process of steady practice. It will take time, but it will become better. Just don’t hesitate to move worward. I made that mistake a few times when I was doing other online courses, that I hesitated to move on to new things and leaving my comfort zone of repeating the same things over and over. Of course it is also nice to just have fun with an easy song you already can play through, but it won’t help you that much to get better over time.
If you are fed up with practicing the C-chord just move on and try new things. Even without practicing that particular thing, you will get better, you will figure out issues and once you come back to trying that thing, you may encounter that all of a sudden you can do it way better.
Do the 30 days to play as recommended by Tony and move on. That would be my advice. You can come back to it any time. Moreover, many of the daily challenges involve the C-chord, so you won’t miss practicing it once you move on to the daily challenges.
When I started with TAC I had some previous experinece with other free online course (probably THE most well known free course). It might help you as well to have a look at those and see what they offer and maybe you figure out whats wrong, or find other ways to practice. Also don’t hesitate to ask your friend who recommended TAC to you. She/He may have a look at your playing and fix things together with you.
And don’t forget to have fun! You did yourself a great favor to enjoy to make some music on your own!
Cheers Markus
P.S.: It may also be worth to either have a look at your guitar setup or even try some other guitars as not every guitar is suited best for everyone especially as a beginner. Chances are that you pick a guitar with other geometrical specs that just suits you better. That may make things a bit easier and less frustrating. But I am sure as long as you stick to it, you will arrange with your current guitar as well. It might just take a bit longer.