Hi RFguy and welcome to this Forum, World of Aviation and since this is my first post welcome to me as well haha.
I started the Aviation journey in November last year, 48yrs old with family, got Rpl in April and Ppl in June. Too old for aviation career, however never too old for fun :) My end goal is PPL (that one is ticked off), NVFR, PIFR, AEROS, and some other endorsements.. Flying from busy Moorabbin YMMB, unfortunately Covid reduced aviation to minimum, especially affected us in Melbourne. I am one lesson away from getting Aerobatic endorsement, hopefully the training restarts soon. Currently studying IREX, hopefully that will be ticked off before November (before new AIP/DAPs/Charts/etc.. :). There will be lots of ups & downs, all I can say is keep flying and don't give up ! It takes between 150 and 250 hours to get fully confident, however learning never stops. Good luck (to us all)! Cheers