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Back after 1.5 yrs
I’m not sure how guitar fell out of my life so quickly. I had plateaued a bit, and went from regularly practicing, to not picking up my guitar really at all after Sept ’24. I came back to it last night after a great record listening party which re-sparked my interest and reminded me that this was something special I wanted back in my life.
I’ve forgotten a lot over the time off, but not as much as I thought I would. I’m two days in and hoping I can re-build my practice.
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9 Replies
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Welcome back @KayMesser
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Nice to see you back! Everyday now though….that is the key….just 10minutes minimum…try not to overdue to get it all back in a few days. : ) oh whoops, I may have been talking to myself. Anymore wild travel excursions?
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I can’t imagine what might have happened for you to stop abruptly after registering almost 500 sessions.
You might have an interesting story to tell over here: https://tonypolecastro.com/category/blog/guitar-stories/
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I think it was a combination of many things – my work has been reorganized twice in the past 2 years, with three rounds of layoffs (didn’t impact me, but many people I know), I had emergency surgery (went well, and I’m doing fine but it took me 6 months to get back to my regular energy level, day to day), started cooking/exercising more to focus on health which took some of my free time. I also think at the time I put my guitar down I had been in a plateau and not seeing a lot of progress so it was harder to motivate myself on the days I could practice.
To be honest, I picked my guitar up a bit in January after the 1.5 yr break, but lost focus again and am hoping to re-build the practice for the rest of May. I think once the habit is formed, I really find a lot of joy in guitar, but between habit cycles, I tend to feel too tired to pick it up.
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Awesome you’re back – me too, I started again after stopping end of ’23! Lots of life happened I guess. Two days in and enjoying the music again.
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Welcome back, yall!
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Welcome back after your little Australian Walkabout. Ease on in and don’t hurt or tire yourself out. Let the joy flow don’t try to push a rope.
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Welcome back! Enjoy, take good care, and take it as you want to.
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Congrats on getting back in the saddle after 4 months off Kay – I’d say that’s a big win, not a small one.
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