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I’m not sure why my post was all garbaged up with all the <font> stuff because I hadn’t even edited anything. And of course, I’m afraid to edit the post because it’ll end up being worse. So, I just copied that last part and edited it here in another comment before I hit the “Post” button.
That’s a lot of small wins. But, it was all made possible by the win on the 4th level. Normally, I get frustrated which leads to my becoming overwhelmed. I am finally starting to “take to heart” this idea of mistakes being good, not bad. Making mistakes means I’m pushing myself and learning how NOT to do something. Mistakes are actually a “normal” part of the learning process. Go figure. So, I’m “supposed” to think: “Cool, I’m making mistakes. I must be improving.” To get to that point has also take me the entire 4+ years I’ve been with TAC (I’m a slow learner).
To recap:
1) I was consistent with the “Ain’t No Sunshine” lessons in spite of the fact that I didn’t do a single lesson on the “correct day”.
>2) I stayed calm and determined because I saw mistakes as a good thing.
3) I was able to break things down to the “molecular” level so I could figure out how to improve “problem spots”.
4) Even though I was struggling, I was able to see how much I had improved and appreciate this whole process is working and that gives me even more determination to keep going and be happy with what I’m doing.
So part of the reason I put this text in here and cleaned it up is because I was re-reading it myself. I wanted to remember what I had learned and revisit it. So many times I get something and then don’t continue practicing it. I end up forgetting all about it and it never gets into my muscle memory and I never use it in a song. So, I want to do this one differently.
MG 😀