Many times when I perform I can see people tapping their feet to the music, even when they're not realizing they are doing it. Our bodies naturally keep a sense of time this way... we do it while we walk.
The next time you listen to music, take a look at what your feet might be doing. Chances are one of them is keeping time. As both of your hands are occupied playing the guitar, you may also want to check if your foot is tapping along to your playing. I'll bet it just might be, even ever so slightly and as such, it's probably tapping on the downbeat. That could be the 1 and 3, or the 2 and 4, or even 1, 2, 3, and 4 - assuming you're in 4/4 time.
By thinking of your foot as an extension of your thumb, that might help you to keep better time.
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