Yunguseng and Guo JuanSo, I have joined Yunguseng Dojang for one season, and I have signed up for Guo Juan's site. I'm not sure I can afford any of this, ad I'm kind of afraid to get addicted to Yunguseng because it is so expensive, but it seems important to try them both at least once. It seems most important to do get some sort of formal instruction near the beginning of my training, if six months is really "near the beginning".
Guo Juan is very good so far. My major disappointment is that not every lecture has a corresponding problem set (Mini Chinese lectures 2 and 3 being key examples so far). I feel like for the lectures that don't, if I don't make the problems myself, keying them in by hand for later review, I am almost wasting my time.
The Yunguseng lectures are very thorough and very long. I have not quite completed registration for the problem sets, so I cannot say how thorough they are. But hopefully they will be a lot better than keying the problems into Drago by hand.
I have worked my way through 4 of the Yungseng lectures, but it is hard to find an hour for solid study, so the last 20-30 minutes of each lecture have been highly distracted, and I will need to rewatch them.
Book TrainingI have been going through Jump Level Up #2 again. The ja-chung and double-ja-chung problems are very challenging for me. This indicates I have problems with ja-chung in general, which is probably one of the key reasons why my fighting is sub-par. I will focus on them again.
I am only 2 sections into Speed Baduk 7. The connection problems there are very challenging for me as well. Basically, everything is challenging right now.
Game MemorizationOn the game memorization front, I have made some progress. I have the first 50-70 moves memorize from 3 separate games. I will try to continue this, and memorizing the first 50 moves of 100 games is my eventual goal.
GamesOverall, though, since I started focusing on improving my fighting, I have noticed a backslide in my ability to tenuki and to think globally rather than locally. Hopefully I will dig my way out of this hole soon.
For sacrifice on the altar this week, the last 19x19 game I feel like I played passably in. I lost on time, despite being 29 points in the lead.
http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=5446
If the principle is wrong, we shall see.
If I happen to lose I replay and analyze the game for hours in my bed instead of sleeping, and then I cannot play the following day because I am so tired 
Play a low approach at the top if you want to limit Black's framework. That way you aim to settle a group quickly. This leads to trouble.
Play F4 on instinct. You seem to be missing this shape.
Jumping to N7 looks better to me. You develop thin shape this way, and Black's framework is untouched.
Why? A ladder-breaker plan? 
One to the left, obviously ... 
A whole move wasted.
The central fight has become serious. H2 is going to be big, so you have to take care of the three stones as priority. I'm a fan of plays like H11, aiming at H9 for good shape. At the least they may baffle the opponent.
Just play E13. You gain every time this shape is made with stones that are not heavy.
The game seems to turn Black's way.
Yes, but you can't win the game with two big corners on the left.
Ouch.
Wrong feeling. Leave these guys, play something like P9 I think. 
wastes another play.
D2 kills.
Poor feeling, aji keshi.
Practically a wasted play again. Comments end.
capture, 
omit, 
one higher, 
is aji keshi, 
snapback.
etc. Should be trying to play on both sides like this, because it leaves weaknesses. Concentrate on pushing in the centre, which is big, and then play D2.