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  • Loraine

    Member
    June 12, 2023 at 7:45 pm

    @brian welcome back after your hiatus from guitar. That happens to most people at different times. You do have a lot of musical interests, and to have work and family too can make it seem overwhelming.

    My suggestion is to break it down. Like the quarterly TAC parties, prioritize the next 3 months. What do you want to accomplish. Then write an action plan to follow to get there. I can see where trying to do it all could become self defeating. Break down practice times. Practice smarter, not longer. This might be warming up with the TAC daily, then maybe some finger exercises or scales on either electric or acoustic. Keep the sessions short though. Practice 10-20 minutes (set a timer, so you stop after a short time), and then do normal life things, and then when there is an opportunity for another 10-20 minutes, practice some songs that are of interest to you, or take a lesson on one of your other sites, or practice something you’ve been working on. Then when you can, take 10-20 minutes and just let go and do whatever your heart desires.

    Finally, be kind to yourself. If you find you’ve taken on too much and become frustrated and overwhelmed, stop, reassess and begin anew. Guitars are so forgiving with their time. There’s no rush to do it all at once. Whatever you don’t get to, reassess quarterly and reprioritize. .