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I’m right there with you — joinery is much harder for me, too.
What I’ve been doing is each month, and sometimes each week, I prepare 2 boards, each 24″ x 5″ or so. Layout dovetails, box joints, mortise / tenon — whatever. Make my joints, fit them up, observe flaws, then saw them away, re-true the components, and start again, now with 2 components each about 22-23 inches long. Keep going until the pieces are too small to work with.
Practice has worked for me in every other area of life, so I’m confident it’ll succeed even with my tragic joinery skills.