[overthemoon]

What's crazy is that I did this to myself. I got a guitar for my 14th birthday, and I, for some reason, got it into my head that learning the guitar was HARD WORK and I needed to do it THE RIGHT WAY. I had an acoustic and I started with boring rote practice. Got bored and didn't pick it up again for 20 years, with an electric, and the resolution that I would only ever do fun things, and find exercises that I enjoyed. I've made more progress than ever in skill and I enjoy it 100x more. I think this isn't exactly the way I'd approach it with my kid (but then again why not?), but it was a key revelation.