I know it's getting repetitive, but I'm going to apologize again, for double-posting and just suddenly deciding to talk about this topic, because it feels weird.

Violin is tough, although I've never studied it. I'm going off my experience playing guitar. I quit it about 2 years ago. That is, I quit practicing it regularly, and I recently started getting back into it with a more fresh perspective. So it's part of its... "charm" but it's too hard. Guitar is too hard, and I guess violin is another level. There's a zealous, fanatical component to the community, and there's essentially a hand fitness regimen you have to keep up, which is not natural, by the way (the things your hands have to do). Then there's the upkeep and cost of the instrument. Also it's not made to be able to look at the fretboard.

What I'm saying is that I wish I had an easier instrument. Guitar really seems to make sense, as an instrument, only if you want to become a professional player. If you're doing it just casually, there's easier things you could be doing for as much impact, with less anxiety.

Do you feel like that at all about violin?