There are many books about gaining good habits. It is always easy to acquire a bad habit, such as eating junk foods, but why is it so hard to make a simple good habit stick? For instance, practice something every day.
Two years ago, I picked up the violin for the first time, but never consistently practiced it, still putzing around Suzuki Violin Volume 1. About a month ago, I got together with another friend who has been practicing flute for a couple of years but lost interest in playing it lately. Both of us needed some impetus to come out of a funk and play the instrument again. So, we decided to gather our friends and have a holiday concert in 2020 to play our music together.
After our meeting, I was on a roll. I started to practice 15 minutes every day, no matter how tired I was. These days I am looking forward to the practice. With this experience, I realize that the key to practice something every day — If you have a creative, clear goal, we feel positive feelings toward practicing. Furthermore, if you have someone else involved, we feel the obligation, pushing us to practice every day.
It has been four months since I have been keeping up the routine. Even though I could not play the violin for a week during that time, I was able to ease back to the practice routine. With this success, I gain insight into how we practice something every day – have a creative, fun goal with your supporter!
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