Sorry to hear about your frustrations/concerns. I'm just now going into my 8th week of learning and am already getting frustrated that I can't switch chords fast enough to play songs and my fingers still hurt. I've been practicing as much as I can, which is usually one to two hours a day at minimum... sometimes longer. I hope your discouragement isn't an indication that the entire journey, which I know is lifelong, is always this discouraging.