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Day Fifty Nine (Year Five)

Today was another good day.  Better than yesterday.  It gives me a lot of hope for the week, especially considering I've got Wednesday off, and a few extra hours off on Friday afternoon because of another shift I changed around.

It was a night to focus on the genre studies aspect of my practice regimen, and tonight's focus was the blues.  I did something I haven't done in a long time.  I took the tab for Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs off of the shelf and had a look at "Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out," as well as "Have You Ever Loved A Woman."  It felt good to get back to things that I had learned, at least somewhat, a few years ago.

Year Five finally feels like it might be starting to pick up a little bit of steam.  I'm getting back to things I've needed to finish working out for a long time.  Now, I just need to make sure that I keep up the level of work I'm starting to get back to.  So much of it comes down to making the best possible use of the time I have to work with each day.

Admittedly, my story in the last five years has had a lot of ups and downs, and could have been filled with more positive progress than it has been.  That said, I'm just trying to write a good story when it comes to my music.  I'm afraid of looking back and seeing things left unfinished.  I need to keep pushing forward and doing well.
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