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> Has someone here picked a musical instrument seriously for the first time in their 20s and managed to self learn? If yes, it would be helpful if you could point to resources that were helpful to you and any daily practice schedule you followed?

Self-learning piano is, overall, a boondoggle. You want a teacher.

I started learning piano in December 2018 at the age of 27.
For the first couple months I stayed on my own to build up at least some base knowledge before getting a (remote) teacher in April 2019. I mostly used a service called Flowkey (sorta like Synthesia for the web), the book Music Theory for Dummies, and a course on Udemy by Ben Westenra.

I highly recommend getting a teacher, even remote, using a site like TakeLessons.com. They'll keep you motivated, answer your questions, and set accomplishable goals.

> I have tried learning piano and I found a lot of stuff irritatingly hard to get right and got bored. Like for some reason I am not able to transition to other keys well when I am using both hands or when some finger involuntarily moves because of motion of neighboring finger.

Cumulative hours of practice are necessary to learn even a single piece, and short of Matrix-style skill uploading, there's no shortcut to putting the time in.

> Also, I seem to get finger fatigue which is surprising considering the amount of time I spend on keyboards anyway.

Not all keys are the same. :) Your fingers are getting a much different and more intense workout by playing.

Edit- Updated language since someone focused on pulling a "gotcha" on me for upvotes over the context (in this case, piano.)