Hi guys.

Been playing for just a week now. and i feel over the past couple of days as if i have lost my inspiration.
I've just not been getting the feeling of enjoying myself and finding it a chore.

Is this because im learning the chords and stuff?

Will it make it a major problem if i dont learn chords and just have fun doing my own thing?

But even so i feel like im not having fun.

Is this normal? and what can i do to get back into playing?

Thank you

~CoNoR

Go learn a song you like.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

some times when learning alot i take breaks  for a couple  days somtimes a week but its always important to do your own thing finding a good balance between  fun and study is key

For me personally I try to have a long range and short range goal in mind when I practice.  My long range goal can be anything from trying to learn several songs by one artist or a series of songs from the same genre.  My short range goal can be trying to learn a new scale or a new set of chords (usually three).  Fifteen minutes of good practice is better than an hour of bad practice.  As  for being inspired just listen to the type of music you really like and let it fill you up then pick up the guitar and have at it.  I hopes this helps it works for me and maybe it will for you as well.  Sorry if I got all Dr Phil on you.   Relax and enjoy the music.
Regards,
Buzz

I've been at this about 3 months now and am still having a riot learning new things.  Being retired, I have a lot of time I can spend learning/practicing.  As I've said in other posts, I don't have a teacher that I need to accpmplish a lesson for on a regular basis.  I have a friend who "coaches" me.  He's been at it for over 40 years.  I think the biggest thing that keeps me at it is that when I started, he tabbed a few popular songs for me in some VERY basic chords.  Playing a song and trying to recognize it while I'm playing is what keeps me at it.  When I master the things he gives me, I get together with him for something new to work on.  But my practice sessions always have playing songs as part of it.  I probably spend 2 - 3 hours a day at it but only about 1/2 hour at a time.  I know what you mean about getting frustrated once in a while, though.  Yesterday I started and decided I "sucked" at what I was doing.  So, I walked away for a while before going back at it.  Later in the day I "miraculously" got better.  KEEP IT FUN!!!!!

Do what keeps you interested, especially early on but spend some time learning chords and scales. Try setting some realistic short term goals and you may want to record yourself so you can hear the improvement.
If you were interested enough to pick it up you owe it to yourself to give it an honest effort for 3 months before you drop it.
I'm discovering learning to play the guitar doesn't happen quickly but takes time and effort.  Keep plugging, if you hang in there all the work will pay off.

Well spoken jrakowiecki and welcome to chordbook. You're going to like it here !

GuitarZen

Ditto jrakowiecki and Zen.
I hear you Conor, I been messing around learning for over a year now, so I may not be the one to give great advice, but I did learn a quote that burned into my tiny brain.

" Practice the guitar everyday for a year, and you will play forever. Slack off, quit, or only practice every now and then, and you will not go anywhere in learning the guitar."

If you take lessons, or are self taught, and a everyday investment of time is the key. Sluffing off is not the way to learn anything. I learned that it is all muscle memory, and I have to do something everyday, no matter how small or large the amount of time I give it. There are times I come here to the chat room, and all these guys talk about is Guitar talk,, don't these guys ever stop? No they don't , because thats what it takes. Bobo here, I bet he eats and sleeps with his guitar, because thats what it takes, investment in time, with the guitar in your hands.

I can see the results of pressing on, even if it is a slow pace, I can now start to make music. It is my music, and my style, and it may be ileagle here for me to play like that, but I am learning my own way, and doing ok for having a dummy (me) for a teacher. But I had to make myself do it, it will come, but not under the Christmas tree in a pretty wrapper or over night.