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While living on and surfing pretty much every day for 28 years in Hawaii, I had a old local teach me a great lesson. It was a beautiful early afternoon surf session over on the north shore of Oahu and there were only 3 or 4 of us out surfing. I had lived on Oahu for a couple of years and was determined to become a “surfer”. After riding a nice 4 foot wave and paddling back out the older local man turned and looked at me and said “you surf well but don’t look like you enjoy what you are doing. There is no flow to your style, learn to lighten up and enjoy what the wave brings to you”. That changed my approach to surfing and to other parts of my life’s journey.
It’s a good guitar teaching lesson to learn to lighten up and enjoy what you do. Take your small win’s and enjoy them. All of us can be our own worst enemy when we judge our personal guitar progress. If you are in a contest with your ego there is a good chance that you will never be able to lighten up and enjoy your guitar journey. Good luck with your guitar journey.