Hi, Aaron. I mentioned elsewhere recently that we are all tackling two simultaneous challenges as self-taught guitar players: learning to play guitar AND learning to teach someone (ourselves) to play guitar. Yes, the resources that Justin provides are extraordinary, but it’s still down to us to observe our strengths and weaknesses, recognize our learning styles, and adapt our practice to maintain progress and interest. Few if any of us have the training to do that, so we’re all kind of winging it. You clearly are doing all of those things and are looking for places to improve your approach. I’m impressed by your self-awareness and commitment to learning.
My understanding of the purpose of this community is that it is to help fill in those gaps. Since we’re all feeling our way through this self-teaching thing and using the same lessons, we might as well share our questions and experiences, because it’s bound to benefit someone else. And we see repeatedly that it does. Asking the questions you did here was - in my opinion - precisely how this platform was intended to be used. I commend you for taking that step, too.
I can’t add anything to the excellent responses that several people have given. I hope they’ll help you adjust your schedule in a way that works well. I also hope you’ll be comfortable posting questions in the future and not be put off by the few negative responses. I think people sometimes forget to employ empathy and that we’re here to support one another. As someone recently said in another topic:
“Make sure to go out and encourage someone today, you never know how you might just change their life.”
Words to live by.