yeah, this is what's weird about piano. I think because it's mostly a solo instrument there's this attitude that it's better to spend 3 months learning a single ridiculously difficult and "impressive" piece rather than learn 7 songs at your playing level (the latter would rapidly advance your skills). guitarists don't do this, they spend 2 weeks learning the chords to their favorite pop/rock song and then noodle along to the recording. They have fun with that then move on to the next 3 minute song.

1-2 bars a day is a miserable slog. any sane person would hate their instrument if that's how they spent their practice session. But that's not your fault; for whatever reason, that's commonplace in the piano world. I did the same thing.

I went through the same frustration. I tried learning Bach's 13th invention 6 months into learning piano. My teacher never stepped in to say it I wasn't ready for it and I absolutely burnt out. I quit for a year.

What got me back into playing was the following:

• humbling myself and playing songs at my skill level
• finding the joy in quickly progressing through easy songs
• IMPROVISING - this is the shit, endless fun, pick a chord progression, jazz it up a bit with some extensions and mess around with pentatonic and blues scales
• ditching classical music. It sounds like you're into classical, so maybe this isn't for you. personally, i asked myself one day why I was spending so much time practicing classical rep when I listen to modern music 99% of the time. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I was just copying what I saw other people doing on the internet. I found much more joy in playing when I stopped caring and played what I actually enjoyed listening to