Stop thinking in terms of the guitar or a specific instrument and focus on finding ways to make music that won't screw up your hand as it is healing up.

Try playing with a slide. Pick up a harmonica. Learn to frail the banjo. There are a million options open to you - but you have to open your eyes and mind to the possibilities.

Forget about goals. Forget about progress. Forget about all of the pointless nonsense that people use to validate bad art and just throw yourself into the craft of making music.

The guitar is just a box with strings. The real musical instrument in question is your body and mind.

-Patrick