I like this thread.....
My musical journey
1) In college I thought "I am going to learn electric guitar & melt faces!!!!"
2) Found out real quick it doesn't work like that and traded in my cheap electric set up at a pawn shop for an acoustic guitar
3) Pretty much learned Em-D-G-C chords and learned a few songs to strum along to
4) World of Youtube started picking up so started learning real simple little intro licks and hammer ons here or there, etc etc from watching youtube videos
5) Pretty much figured out all my chords, screwed around long enough to figure out some finger picking....this opened up a whole new world of folk /americana which I like a lot (i.e. John Prine, etc)
6) Got over the hump of "singing" in public on a fishing trip with a bunch of drunks and come to find out they loved it and didn't think I was half bad
7) Nowadays, probably play for people 3-4 times a year on fishing trips, get togethers, around the camp fire, etc etc and really really enjoy it.
I'm never going to be "good" but the little things like figuring out finger picking or a new strum pattern or something like that keep me interested and keep it fun.
Definitely agree with the previous advice of keeping your guitar out and in sight....just play it 20-30 minutes a day if you can.
Oh and this is a journey of probably close to 20 years for me.....can't read music and never played an instrument in school or anything, but its just a really good way to "zone-out" and relax
So keep it going
@Formerly Rockymtnole !