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@pdb962 Welcome to TAC. I’d like to make a few suggestions regarding the 30 days to playand how to approach the program and lessons as a whole. This might also help @Big-Jim and @drstump54 . The program and lessons are not meant to me perfected. Throw perfection out the window and strive for progress instead. If you’ve given a lesson at least the minimum attempt for 10 minutes, then mark it complete. You can still work on it, but don’t let trying to perfect something interfere with your progression. Keep moving forward in your lessons. You will improve by doing so. Many of the same skills you’re are stuck on will come up again in another lesson, and you’ll be able to practice them again, and you will be surprised that you are better at it than before.
I was the slowest learner I know of when I started with TAC, having absolutely no prior skills on the guitar. There were a lot of great people on the forums that helped me out and never let me best myself up too badly. They were positive, inspiring, patient, and great teachers and role models. Back then there were more people that were semi-formal mentors. TAC didn’t carry over that role when they moved to the new platform, but many forum members stepped up and took over an informal sort of mentorship. It’s all in the asking.
Guitar is a difficult instrument, but it’s not impossible. I almost quit at about year 3, but I’m glad I stuck with it. I hit a period of rapid growth. Things simply became easier and skills were achieved quickly. It’s been a really fun ride since. The moral of the story, Don’t quit before the miracle happens. Good luck all. Feel free to reach out via messaging if need be.