I have started to notice my foot chiming in automatically here and there, I stop when it starts to hurt, I will try and let it happen naturally 
I am managing about five times a week I will do a Justin guitar practice session, I started using my Parlour guitar also as its size seems to be easier to deal with in front of a PC, hopefully down the line I will be able to trasnfer some of it over to my bigger guitars, for now `i am sticking to one guitar and getting through the practice sessions, apparently upstrums next week, so big fingers crossed for me as thats my struggle zone. Are there places on the forums where people upload videos of their struggles?
Sounds great, I am not at the playing for fun bit but hopefully the day will come when i can swop between learning and playing
I am for sure hitting those first three chords a lot currently, I think the course is about to go into Am and Em, but I will keep practing those first three like my life depends on it, honestly when my sore fingers can take the next session hahaha
The foot has started to chime in here and there on its own, i just do not force it now and thats really hard
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Hello Simon.
Resetting and filling in all those gaps / resetting bad habits is a great idea if you feel you have gone off the track a little.
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. There a whole host of golden oldies over in the dog house.
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Welcome to the community, Simon. We’ve all struggled when we first started learning to play the guitar
My suggestion for you is to pick up a song that you like with 2-3 chords and use it for motivation. Then build from there.
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Welcome to you and your calluses
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There’s a “Community Recordings” topic in these forums where you can upload your videos. You’ll find plenty of encouragement there.
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Welcome among us Simon! We all have been struggling in our journeys somehow, soon or later…stick with us and we will cheer you up along the way… A warm welcome back to your calluses too! 
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