May 15, 2019 by Klaus Crow
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Guitar playing should be all about fun, but sometimes we forget in the midst of practice.
We tend to focus too much on achieving the end result and we get frustrated or irritated when the magic doesn’t happen overnight.
We lose the insight to enjoy our practice.
You might make a mistake on stage during a performance and get upset or embarrassed, instead you could stop taking yourself so seriously, just smile inside of yourself, simply move on and embrace imperfection.
Be there for the song, the audience and appreciate what is.
Let go of achieving, expectations, competing, comparing and all of those things. Those are negative thought patterns that hold you back from progress and feeling good. You want to feel good right? Then stop torturing yourself.
Be calm and kind to yourself, focus, enjoy the process and love the challenge. These are qualities that will bring the best out of you. To a great extent it’s all in the mind, but sometimes it’s also nice to indulge yourself to increase the fun factor even more.
When you’re having fun you don’t have to discipline yourself, you automatically get motivated. Fun is the ultimate motivation driver.
Let’s take a look at some of those fun factors:Continue Reading