Zseni wrote:

I don't know too much about what kind of person you are, but there's a tendency in martial arts - and in everything which has an aura of coolness and a low entry bar - to really throw yourself into things at first, and then...sort of peter...out. Don't be that guy. It's more important to have 20 minutes a day that you can practice come hell or high water than it is to try heaving yourself into everything at once. This is true of almost every worthwhile endeavor, be it martial arts, or foreign languages, or learning an instrument, or becoming a marathon runner. Work with what you have and don't impose a system on yourself - like imposing Communism on China, there will in the end be very little question about where and how you started.