These last two weeks have been really bad in terms of me getting in a lot of practice. First I was swamped with the last two weeks of my Spanish accelerated class with big assignments or quizzes just about every day and then the day before that ends I catch a cold or something that has me coughing until I see stars. To say my practice time has suffered would be putting it lightly. I almost worry that not having my lessons for the last two weeks to hold me accountable has made it easier for me to feel like I’m too sick or busy to practice and this should not be the case.
So starting tomorrow I am making myself practice -at least- 30 minutes a day even if I cough my way through it. I was wanting to hold myself to an hour before, and did until this wall hit, but that’s too easy to consider too long of a time. I will shoot for an hour for normal practicing, of course, but when I have a horrible day or am in bed sick I want to have that minimum to meet which is more doable when stress or illness rears its ugly head. That is also why I haven’t been posting as much, so I hope that will change as well. I really enjoy the blog and I know there are people who actually enjoy reading it so I am definitely not giving up on it.
I guess in some ways I’ve hit a bit of a wall, sort of like writer’s block, and I need to push through it and persevere. I feel like I’ve made some pretty good headway since I’ve begun, but it seems like I’ve been on the same tune for a month or more now and I guess mentally it’s making me feel like I’m just spinning my wheels. There’s nothing for it but to push past it and soldier on because I won’t get past this point without the determination and practice it requires, but it still lies there in the back of my mind threatening to insert itself in my life at times where I am in a physically or mentally weakened state. Oh… and it’s been over a hundred degrees and muggy for like three days straight now! Heat never motivated me to do anything but sit in front of a fan!
So you have hit a wall with what and are you trying to work in both books? Have you been to practice.
By: KEVIN on June 29, 2010
at 10:38 AM
I haven’t had lessons the last couple weeks because they’ve had gigs and park practice this week. So it’ll be another week to get myself back into the groove. I think it’s mostly how crazy my schedule got with school and then getting sick that did it. I’m still trying to shake this cold or whatever it is.
By: primordialmuse on June 29, 2010
at 1:03 PM