You can so do this Mike!!
I'm about to post the last three photos of my Project 365 for 2013. I learned SO MUCH doing this. I shot just over 10,000 photos, each and every one was a learning experience. (Hey! My first 10,000 photos are my worse ones! I'm over the hump!!) I can confidently say I have three tenths of a clue about what I'm doing when I pick up my camera now. This goes hand in hand with the old adage, "The more you learn, the less you know."
Your first 180 days: No problem!
Your second 180 days: OH MAN... Grueling!
Your last 5 days: AWESOME!!
I've been through taking hours to setup a shot, to OMG I have the flu here's a quick photo of my shoe, all the way to I forgot to take a photo with my Nikon, but I took one with my cell phone and it saved me! (This last one was a couple days ago actually... HA!)
When it's all over, you'll step back and go, "Wow! I can almost take a good photo without thinking about it now!" (Well, that's what I'm thinking anyway... You already take awesome photos!)
But above all, have fun with it!! It'll all be over before you know what happened!