[the-old-coach]

Fred-

Nailed it.

You make a great point about “paying attention”.

But I think it’s more than that. I think it’s an issue EVERY ONE of us faces at some point.

For me personally– kind of a gut-punch reminder.

Earlier on in my TAC-career, very generally, I focused more on “doing LESS, but doing it “better”. Pretty-much perfect was the only option before I moved to the next step. But— I think I felt like I just wasn’t progressing “fast enough” or something….. So I pretty-much abandoned that general philosophy.

More recently, I’ve gone the other way– “doing MORE, with less attention to being perfect” as I go. I guess the hope is that the whole mess would, at some time, spit out the other end and all be OK. A bigger pile of learning- over a longer time……….. Should work, right?

(Dumb analogy— Nibblin’ away on a giant cookie versus stuffing the whole thing in your mouth at once and chewing forever). Takes the same amount of time either way, right?

Trouble is, for me anyway, trying to learn TOO much— trying to cover too many areas— at one time— has been leaving me with the scenario you maybe faced. Leaving me feeling like– 1. The quality may not be there- (yet)— and 2. I’m “spreading myself too thin”.

I’m gonna keep going the way I am now- with the hope that the ****broader**** learning will make me a better guitar player overall— over time.

I’ve loaded myself down here lately— working on a few various things— (chords and transitions, expanding creativity, singing, PLAYING and singing, memorizing, and dabbling with 2-3 original songwriting(s)).

I’m hoping the “cream will come to the surface” in a sense, and I am able to work on each one of these MUCH more— “as they rise to the top”, one at a time— over time. (Again– should work right?)……..

Time will tell.

(This is the edit– I added)- “The way I’m doing it now seems like MUCH more fun!!!!!”

Thing is—— we ALL will have to find that “balance” in there………

Thanks for your post- great reminder……

Oh, and sorry about that peek into my brain😜………. it’s not a pretty sight.

And I promised I’d stay away……

the old coach

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