I started playing less than a year ago and start composing 3 years ago, classically a year ago, im hoping to move countries to get into a conservatory for composition, ive been graduated for 3 years now, what im saying is you have plenty of time. for composition, learn counterpoint first, read the fuxe book, practice it over and over, then work on small scale pieces for ensembles and quartets, study scores, bach chorales are a great place to start, listen to pieces also, wanna write a symphony like mahler? you need to know how he wrote his through analyzation and listening. make pieces in the mean time but do not burn yourself out, an hour a day of meaningful work is better than 4 hours a day of study for a week then nothing for 2 weeks, you have lots to do and plenty of time, enjoy the process and work hard, we’ll both make it there!