it all seemed to be coming together, i felt like i was making great progress, and then i videotaped myself playing and i sound like crap. it is very discouraging.
Bingo! It happens to me quite a bit. Especially after hearing or seeing some phenomenal feat of music. It's so inspiring, but at the same time you think "How the heck am I going to get that good?" and it will seem like it's never going to happen.
It usually comes and goes. Depending on how inspired I feel, sometimes I play all week, sometimes not at all - I don't force myself.
Getting beyond is the hard part. Even if you are stuck, you might as well keep playing if you are enjoying it, because when you get out of the rut you will have not missed out on potential "fingerboard miles".
There is no right way to get out of a rut. Watch a video, go to a concert, put your 'ukulele down for a week, something is bound to lift you up.
To get beyond thinking about "boy I suck worse than I thought!" (we all have those moments) you should try and learn something. Instead of just
watching a video, try and learn from it. If you can learn one thing from every musical piece you hear, that is a lot of knowledge. What don't you know? Try and learn it. If you look, you will find things to work on.
Life is a journey. If we arrive at the destination things are going to get really boring. Same for music. Practice, practice.
Good luck.