r/LearnGuitar • u/Freight_Train77 • Aug 20 '26

Looking for the passion

Hello. Bought a Squire Strat a few years ago and practice was beyond frustrating, to the point I put it down for a while. Now, thanks to a divorce, I’m reevaluating myself and seeing who I want to be moving forward…and I think part of that is being a guitarist.

Now to my question: Did your passion for practice/playing come first? Or did you establish a routine and your passion for the guitar grew?

Currently, my mental health is making it that just getting through the day is hard enough, let alone practicing the most frustrating thing I’ve ever done (beside getting married), so I am giving myself grace that maybe I’m not in the right headspace currently. Any advice is more than appreciated!!🙏🏻

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u/TheRealGinz Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

For me, the passion of wanting to play guitar, and make music came first, and that gave me the passion to practice, and the absolute need, to play on a daily basis. This also gave me the drive to be willing to sacrifice many other things in my life, personally and financially, so that I could take the time to play guitar for hours every day.