Feeling totally overwhelmed with new puppy

Hello! I’ve had my puppy, Blue for roughly two weeks now. He’s an 11 week old German shepherd. I was raised around dogs my entire life and have had a few shepherds, so when it came time for my partner and I to get a dog, I was dead set on a German shepherd. I felt pretty well prepared, thinking “I’ve had and trained so many dogs and German shepherds are so smart, this will be so easy!” (Dumb, stupid me lol). I failed to consider that I haven’t raised a puppy since like 2017 and I had my family to help.

I have honestly been expecting a lot out of Blue. I keep comparing him to my soul dog who I lost a couple of years ago — which is totally unfair to him. But he is driving me insane. I have been doing the enforced naps. I’ve been following a schedule. I’ve been doing all of the “right” things, and he is still a total menace! He is all go all of the time. He is always chasing our cats, digging in the trash, climbing onto our coffee table, biting, etc..

He is also making seemingly no progress with potty training. I let him out every time he leaves his crate, after eating, and after play. I try to aim for at least every 30 minutes. He knows to potty and will go whenever I bring him out, but he is peeing — no joke — every 10 minutes inside of the house. I try to catch him before he goes, but most of the time he gives zero warning. No sniffing or anything. Just stops what he’s doing and squats. Frankly it’s exhausting cleaning up pee so often. I understand that it’s still early, but I hear so often how people has their puppies potty trained in a week and it makes me feel a little defeated.

I have been wanting a puppy for so long and I thought I was really prepared. I had done lots of research and watched tons of videos of all the right and wrong things to do, and it seems like none of that prepared me. Sometimes I feel so stressed that I don’t want to eat or take care of myself. I feel really awful that I get so frustrated with him. I do really love him and am excited to see him grow and learn but OMG please give me some advice on how to cope with this insane puppy.