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Day Two Hundred Fifty Four (Year Six)

I actually got into the studio a bit today, and it felt like a miracle after a few days where I felt like I was hardly in there at all.

More than that, I sat down with the intention of actually getting in some practice time, and I did so, albeit in a somewhat limited fashion.  I worked through a few examples from some old lessons in back issues of Guitar Techniques.  Not the stuff that I had on my list of things to work on, of course, but more-so things that caught my eye as I was sorting through one of the piles of magazines that was sitting in the studio.

Either way, it was a good push forward that helped me to see a bit more of the path ahead for the next few weeks.  Somehow the next three weeks feel like they will be crucial to my progress for the rest of the year.  That may seem like an odd statement, but the next three weeks lead up through our vacation.  Once that's over, attention will need to be a bit more singularly focused on a potential move and all that goes along with that.  So yes, getting things to a really good place in the next three weeks feels crucial for being able to both continue during the run-up to a move, and then to pick up things easily after we get settled wherever the new place is.

I've got Tuesday off this week, and I'm really hoping to spend a good chunk of it in the studio.
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