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When I started in the daily challenges, I was also very overwhelmed. But think about it like eating an elephant. How do we eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You know what, as they come around again and again you keep taking a few more bites, now that I’m 18 months in, none of the challenges overwhelm me!
With each daily challenge, just take a bite or two. As many as you are comfortable doing in the 10-20 minutes. Try not to go longer. Mark it complete! This doesn’t mean you did it all, it just means you showed up and did your time that you committed. The same skills that are in today’s challenge, will be needed within the next few weeks. You’ll do better on the next go.
It’s very common to prefer fingerstyle, you’re not alone. But it’s helpful to get along with a pick as well. I’m much more comfortable with picks now than I was 2 years ago. But finger style absolutely can blow away picks! You have 5 times the power (4 fingers and a thumb versus a single pick). And yet the pick produces it’s own unique sound. Also I find it’s helpful for strumming. I haven’t really figured out good strumming technique with my fingers yet, the pick works a lot better most of the time, but I’m playing around with finger strums. Pick strums also sound different, and there’s times you want that sound.
What Bayvu said is fine. You don’t have to emphasize things that are less interesting. I just wouldn’t advise completely setting challenges that you don’t like or approve of aside, do give them the promised 10 minutes at least. They are there for a reason and you will learn something even if you don’t get very far or you think your playing sounds awful. The rewards come from struggling, not from nailing the challenge on the first go! Just give that some thought! I’ve had some breakthroughs playing through songs I more or less didn’t approve of (for whatever reason).