Is it because i'm new to the hobby...

I've run into that same situation a few times on the cars I've done. But if you have a driver try and do one little step at a time to keep it driving and looking good. that makes a lot of the work you do enjoyable. If you have a "ahem... total restoration " like me then it a longer process without the fun of being able to drive it.
But I have learned to think and remember how I want it to look and list the steps to get it there. Then I break down the steps to even smaller steps to make a 1 little piece project after another. For me it helps keep the drive alive. On doing the teardown I try to make the list as short as possible,since that looks like I'm not going forward but backwards. After that I like to see myself going forward (slowly due to money or time but forward). Even if it's jsut tracing a door panel for replacement or a rubber piece getting molded or put on the car.
that process for me worked on every car I have done.
that how I went from a total piece of crap shell to a decent roller so far on this project.
now for engine and finish work.

the start of tear down. whew everything was bad! except the rocker panels,frame and torque boxes :banghead:
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now. it's not so bad (looking pretty good to me:D)and all of it's been welded and patched. now I'm working on the fiddly stuff like wiring,putting the top and carpet in making parts from scratch that no one makes or I can't afford and lastly the final engine rebuild design. But that's just another bunch of my "1 step at a time list" to get it done.
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