Thank you so much!
Thank you Roger!
Thank you for the encouragement Helen! I will keep on practicing.
Thank you for sharing. The biggest problem I am having right now is trying to pick strings without looking at either the fret hand or picking hand. If I look at one I miss the other. I assume that it will come easier with time.
Thank you so much!
Welcome to the community, Mike 
plenty of tips/tricks and topics to dig into around here, lots of helpful people too. Have fun 
@mikemonica12 It does get easier over time with practice. It helps to focus on one aspect/hand at a time, and not use a specific melody with its associated timing. Right hand, left hand and timing is just too much to learn all at once. Justin has lessons along the away that get at how to separate these parts and then put them back together.
Mike, you are in good company. Lots of people in the same stage of life as us. Music can make the world a better place!
Three Little Birds was, I believe, the first song I played through too. Just keep doing the chord changes and when muscle memory kicks in, you won’t even have to think about it. Your fingers will take over and do the work for you.
Hi Mike. I was also 67 when I started. That breakthrough is my most vivid memory in this journey. I wasn’t even thinking about doing it, and one day, as I was playing a song following a chord chart, I suddenly realized that I had just made a chord change without looking at my fretting hand! What a rush! I still look from time to time, just to make sure I haven’t wandered off too much. In fact, I don’t worry about the idea that I should never look. If I feel the need, I look.
Anyway, it’s now nearly seven years later, and I’ve stuck with it. Oh, I’ve had a couple of confidence crises where I thought I was wasting my time and almost quit, but after taking a couple of days off, I missed it and went back at it. I’m not particularly good, I don’t expect that I’ll ever be particularly good, but I can say that I play guitar.
It will happen for you.
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Hello Mike and welcome aboard. 
I hope you enjoy your guitar adventure.
Thank you!
Thank you for the encouragement!
Thank you for the response!
Thank you. So far the journey has been fun!
Hi Mike, welcome. Enjoy learning to play the guitar. Each person learns at a different pace. You’ve already started to receive answer to your questions. You can explore the community site and find which could be the best place to ask a specific question, but don’t overthink it, just ask wherever you think is the best section and later a moderator can move it to a more appropriate section if needed.
Thank you!
Hi Mike, welcome to the community. I’m 67 and still learning via Justin’s lessons. The most important thing to learn is patience and that’s something I’m still learning. You can get an idea of the learning process by looking at Justin’s Nitsuj practice videos at the end of Grades 1 and 2. Justin teaches himself to play left handed to demonstrate the learning process and the difficulties you might face. I also looked at all the Nitsuj practices to make sure I know what to practice. If you continue to do the D, A and E chords changes (in the One Minute Changes) and use the anchor finger as Justin teaches you’ll soon be playing without looking. Also practicing strumming without chords helps as Justin suggests. Have fun learning and playing songs.
Welcome Mike have fun!