New Guy

Hello Everyone
I am Jimmy from Monmouth, Illinois. I am 20 years old and have been playing guitar since I was 18. I had a teacher for the first 3 months and have been self-taught ever since. Lately I have hit a plateau because there is so much I want to learn and I don't know where to start. I am hoping this site will help me improve because I feel like I improved exponentially at first and now I haven't improved in probably close to 8-12 months. I play a Fender Fat Strat through a cheap fender 15G. I also have an acoustic-electric Alvarez FD60. I am looking into getting some effects pedals and I am trying to decide whether to buy individual pedals or to get something like the PodXT Live. Any thoughts? I am really excited to be here and to see myself be motivated to practice and learn the guitar again.