-
Thank you, @PopPop , for sharing your concerns at this point in your journey.
One thing I have learned from the TAC community is how important the questions are. How many times I’ve come over to a thread thinking I was going to offer some sort of advice and find out I’m the one receiving the help.
So, thank you @HowardM and @jumpinjeff for you very simple but encouraging comments.
Like Jeff and Howard, I’ve been here a while. I’ve pushed through many walls. However, there are many walls still in front of me. The wall is more an illusion that I perceive than a real thing that takes action to get through, over, or around. If I just ignore it and keep doing what I’ve been doing, it vaporizes as I walk past it.
But each time that happens, I become more aware of the importance of the basic elements of “doing what I’ve been doing”. Like simply showing up everyday, regardless of how I feel. Of making sure I have fun rather than pushing myself like a “task master”. And actively look for things I can be proud of, no matter how small.
This process leads to the “bonus round”. Now, I’m in a position to take the things I’m struggling with and put them into my practice as “intentions” and make some more progress.
So, I continually go through the cycles of “go slow”, “break through”, then “joyously express myself through my new found guitar mojo”, only to hit a wall again and start over. At that point, it is most important to look back and see how far I’ve come and realize I only need to keep “doing what I’ve been doing”.
The process is both very simple and very profound. 😉
MG 😀