This is going great. I've only been at it for about a week now, I guess, but I'm getting pretty comfortable with classical position. I don't allow myself to play the old way at all at the moment, because I'm determined to re-program my hand to automatically go for classical position without even thinking about it.

It's definitely better this way, everything is cleaner and more accurate, no more strain on the fingers...now why did I not listen to my teacher Matthew Clark 40 years ago when he told me to do it this way? ;-)

Anyone who thinks they can't change their old guitar-playing habits...don't tell yourself that! You definitely can do it. Just persist, that's all. Practice every single day and persist.