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Day One Hundred Fifty Six (Year Two)

It feels good to be back in the saddle, blog-wise, after my holiday break.  There's so much that feels within my grasp right now, and so many things to finish off.  The craziness of December at work has passed for another season, and the week-long run up to the first of the year is going to be a good time for me to get things in order, so that I hit the ground running come January 1.

The rest of the week needs to be spent focused in on assembling the pieces of the binder, so that I have at least a skeleton to start the year with.  I'm closer to having that than I was on the first of December, but I know that I can be closer still in the next few days.

One of the things I know I need to do a better job on in the new year is keeping a record of what I'm working on (and how much I'm playing).  Just picking up the guitar every day hasn't been enough to see the steady progress I'm looking for.  Realistically, I can't expect to get to the 50 hours/week mark those violinists got to, but if I could land somewhere between 15 and 25 hours/week of deliberate, focused practice, I bet the improvement in my playing would really start to be more noticeable.

There's more I want/need to touch on, but after a busy couple of days off, and a three hour drive back to WDM, I'm pretty exhausted.  I'll pick up the thread tomorrow, though.  I promise.

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