Étude Practice

Currently, I've been trying to get a little more away from playing the same pop music that I play ALL THE TIME. It gets repetitive after a while and as a result, like pretty much anything else, starts losing its appeal; so I've started trying to learn Étude, op. 10-3 by Chopin. I think the reason that this is so much more difficult for me is because pop music tends to play boring chords on the bottom, or something else that's similarly easy to pick up! With classical music, my left hand is usually challenged more, having to contribute to the melody. This is where I'm currently at...