well i am an acoustic guitar player so i dont know if this will work for elec players but its normal really esp. if you are playing for religion. honestly i understand you... even though im not in a band i think a band will help a lot. cause if there is no guitar player, no point of making a band. u know? you gotta be the base of the band so that gives you responcibility to keep playing... as for me, i have a goal. like a final boss to beat, if you think of it as a game... there is this song i wanted to play sooo freaking bad but its incredibly difficult. so i decided to take it as my goal and that sometimes keeps me up... and lastly for coolness... i know a lot and i mean a LOT of people who just play guitar just to act cool and that sometimes works for some reason... i duno how but it just keeps you going... well this is all the advice i can give you, hope it helps. thxs