Thank you for the advice. I tend to rush, I avoid the simple pieces and move on to more complex, "interesting" music to find myself quickly overwhelmed by the complexity.
I will try your 'hacks' approach to see what happens.
when you get frustrated, it means you need to slow it down, simplify the immediate task needed to build up the muscle memory to be able to sync each note on the sheet.
In the beginning, especially when starting a very difficult piece, practice only one bar at a time with the right hand and then the left hand separately.
Once you got the bar down perfectly, move on to the next until you got the whole line. Finally practice both hands to sync it up.
As you do this repeatedly, you will discover it gets easier. Because your brain is like a muscle. When you exercise it, it just gets better at the task.
Once you've digested something difficult and challenging, guess what, you've made leaps and bounds vs practicing simple pieces that won't lead to new breakthroughs.
I find this principle to apply to a lot of things, like working out. It's easy to jog, but jogging uphill is what builds those fast twitch muscles. On that note, please don't try to speed through the practice sessions. Once bad habits are formed, your brain literally is hard wired to make those mistakes.
Hell, even pianists will struggle with a new challenging piece and will not be able to rip through it on the first try unless they are like autistic savants.
If you really get to a point where you can't continue, then allow yourself to listen to someone else playing it. In fact this is the best way to keep dangling that carrot in front of you while you try to master a piece.
I see! In your opinion, if I am trying to track various parts of my life. Like a schedule, todo stuff. Should I just code it as a programmer, instead of using excel?
I will try your 'hacks' approach to see what happens.