| What can you do to make it easy for yourself to | | | | because as I played on my guitar I allowed my mind at |
| practice on your guitar? In order to continue to learn to | | | | times to wander and I remember that some important |
| play guitar and not give up you have to create an | | | | decisions in life were made as I sat there playing. |
| atmosphere of joy and fun around this activity. Let's | | | | Enough talk about myself! What can you learn from |
| see what you can do to make it as easy as possible | | | | my experiences? |
| to play guitar. | | | | Let's apply my experiences to the art of learning to |
| As a you boy I had a lot of interests at the same time. | | | | play guitar and see if we can find principles that are |
| Reading, sporting, playing piano, playing chess, a lot of | | | | applicable to all guitar players. |
| more things and, of course, playing guitar. | | | | Here are some thoughts and suggestions: |
| I developed a habit to always have my guitar laying on | | | | 1. See to it that you have your guitar as accessible as |
| my bed. Always as I walked into my room my guitar | | | | you dare to. It will be a reminder for you that playing |
| was laying there waiting for me. It was very easy to | | | | guitar is fun. I have sometimes reminded my guitar |
| sit down on my bed starting to play because of two | | | | students to pull out the guitar from the hard case or |
| facts: | | | | gigbag as soon as they come home from the lesson |
| 1. I could see the guitar as I walked into my room which | | | | and start to play something connected with their |
| immediately reminded me of how fun it is to play. | | | | homework. Otherwise there is an imminent risk that |
| 2. The guitar was easily accessible. The only thing I | | | | they will not open the case until the next lesson is at |
| had to do in order to play the guitar was to grab it and | | | | hand. |
| start playing. | | | | This is how humans often react. If it is a little effort |
| This made it possible for me to play a lot on my guitar | | | | involved in starting to do something we want to do |
| in spite of all other activities. All other things I did was | | | | there is a risk that we will procrastinate the activity until |
| interwoven with my guitar playing and my musical | | | | it is too late. |
| experiences connected with it. | | | | 2. If you have set goals or have homework to do on |
| This way of working with my guitar was not a | | | | your guitar I recommend that you also have these |
| conscious plan to maintain energy and motivation to | | | | sheets or written down goals handy. No use to have |
| practice. It just happened to be that way. These | | | | goals if you are not reminded of them on a daily basis. |
| moments with my guitar became a part of my | | | | To facilitate all things that can be facilitated is one way |
| personal development. | | | | to accomplish more of the important things in life |
| When I sat there playing guitar I also had time to digest | | | | including playing guitar. |
| life as it proceeded. It way a form of meditation | | | | |