If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.
The best money I made was panhandling.
How do you stop somebody from growing?
I just started off on my own by learning the regular chords then the barre chords. Then I'd lean the notes that would go with them.
I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.
Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four months without writing a thing.