You know a hobbyās a keeper when rather than being most enthusiastic at the start and then gradually losing interest over the first few months, you find yourself becoming more and more obsessed with it! I think I might need help, find myself thinking about playing almost all the time 
the more I learn, the more I wanna know, practice, and play
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I hear you loud and clear. For me itās a lifestyle.
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Thatās a great attitude to have. I suggest to still take it one day at a time to avoid burn out. Playing guitar is awesome. Give yourself time to absorb everything. Good luck! The Justin Guitar method is the best Iāve seen around.
Jeff
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Thatās exactly why I started scheduling one day off from playing each week. Before I did that, I was starting to find myself making excuses to skip practicing. With one scheduled day off, I donāt feel guilty about taking that day off, and I stay fresh and enthusiastic.
I might sometimes use that day to look up chord charts for new songs Iām considering trying, or change strings, but I donāt play.
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Pretty much the same for me as wellā¦and if I wake up at night I find myself silently practising a strumming pattern or a melody in my headā¦
ā¦Iām forcing a couple of days a week off from practice, I think it does me good 
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I donāt understand that if you are in the lucky circumstances to be able and allowed to play every day you will not play for one or more (???) days, I see that as lost hours that you can never make up for,ā¦ .do you want to do something else, well do it, but denying yourself playing time is completely beyond meā¦
Good luck to everyone, and enjoy playing the guitar 
Greetings,Rogier
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Yeah love the drive but make sure you set goals and set out a good path. Otherwise you might end up with a āguitar burn outā after a couple of months. Be methodical in both learning and planning!
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Yeah I suppose you do whatever makes you happy, given lifestyle, goals, motivations etc. If youāre making good progress and youāre happy with it, and how it fits in with your life, then its working. Everyoneās different.
Having said that, I couldnāt imagine not picking up a guitar in a 24hr period. I think thereāa lot of merit in daily playing, even if its only for 10 minutes. Steve Stine, a prominent guitar teacher puts it this wayā¦" pick up the guitar on the days that you eat".
Cheers, Shane
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I play any day Iām at home, I figure I might as well and it makes me feel good 
My practice routine is usually around 30mins so itās easy to find the time. I know thereāll always be occasions when Iām away from home and am unable to play, so those give me some natural breaks once in a while.
Itās only an obsession if you play guitar instead of eating or drinking and have abandoned your job and family because of it. Otherwise, play on playa! 
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Crikey! Thatās a serious obsession if it gets that far 
Although I must admit, being a divorced man and living alone, (not because of the guitar)!
I do have to consider how any new relationship would impact my playing time.
Crazy really!
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HI, I like you am obsessed. I practice everyday. Iām finding though that my ability to replicate the things that I learn is the frustrating bit. I think it may be because Iāve never tried to make my hands do anything as precise and repetitive as playing guitar, so thereās a disconnect between what I know and what I can do. It does improve with practice, so I think, for me at least, the key is practice. Attempting songs is the key for me, even when it seems a bit overwhelming, itās where I see the biggest jumps in ability. I am loving this process.
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I have the same āproblem!ā May there never be a cure!
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Yeah for me it feels a bit like 2 steps forward, 1 step back sometimes. I find though that those days where I regress and forget how to play things I already learnt, are followed the next day by a leap forward in something else. So I guess even if you feel you donāt make progress sometimes, your brain is still busy learning!
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Agreed, itās a meandering path with an uncertain destination. But a fun one to be on.
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