What JeffS65 said.

But to offer you a more finite 'average' timeline for perceiving when you''ll see that 'light at the end of the tunnel so you can psychologically prep and condition yourself for it, think weeks running into months, [u]not days[/u], and that's only if you[u] play frequently, regularly[/u].

[br]This is 'normal'.

In my observation, it's typical of human nature that most beginners will start out hard with enthusiastic application and objectives much like amateur runners in any annual fun run footrace whose enthusiasm dissipates even more quickly than their stamina once the intial start-line fanfare and crowd participation virtue signalling novelty wears off.

Pace yourself and persevere, and calluses will happen.