01-05-2014, 06:51 PM
Stage 3, Day 4
Felt a crop of insecurity at work today; it left about 3-4 hours into work.
Today, I woke up at 6:25am and did a runthrough of my morning ritual. I have to get the hang my new 8-hour eating window, making sure to keep a track of the proteins and fats that I'm eating.
Guys, I'm seriously looking into the topic of mastery. I'm contemplating commiting to a 3-4 hour a day ritual for music practice. So far, it's planned into 4 parts:
i) Electric Guitar
ii) Acoustic Guitar
iii) Vocals (longer than 1 hour)
iv) Live performance (Acoustic & Vocals) (Slightly shorter than 1 hour)
I have individual goals and potential things to throw into each one. I have the time, so why not? Especially when I have sleep handled, I will have more disposable time to dedicate to this.
I'll need to plan it out to the minute so that I have no option but to succeed. Such an idea has haunted me since I've read up on the 10,000 hour rule.
4 hours a day * 360 days a year = 1440 hours; a huge chunk of that time.
In Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers", there was a study showing that the violinists that practiced a total of 4,000 hours in their lifetimes became 'music-teacher' good, the ones that practiced a life total of 8,000 hours in their lives became 'very-good', and the ones that hit 10,000 hours were 'first-violinist at their symphony orchestra' good.
I want the ability to improve my abilities for more flexibility as a musician, not necessarily to become a virtuoso like Steve Vai, where his livelihood depends on his technical ability. More hours, for me, means more rope, more options.
Felt a crop of insecurity at work today; it left about 3-4 hours into work.
Today, I woke up at 6:25am and did a runthrough of my morning ritual. I have to get the hang my new 8-hour eating window, making sure to keep a track of the proteins and fats that I'm eating.
Guys, I'm seriously looking into the topic of mastery. I'm contemplating commiting to a 3-4 hour a day ritual for music practice. So far, it's planned into 4 parts:
i) Electric Guitar
ii) Acoustic Guitar
iii) Vocals (longer than 1 hour)
iv) Live performance (Acoustic & Vocals) (Slightly shorter than 1 hour)
I have individual goals and potential things to throw into each one. I have the time, so why not? Especially when I have sleep handled, I will have more disposable time to dedicate to this.
I'll need to plan it out to the minute so that I have no option but to succeed. Such an idea has haunted me since I've read up on the 10,000 hour rule.
4 hours a day * 360 days a year = 1440 hours; a huge chunk of that time.
In Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers", there was a study showing that the violinists that practiced a total of 4,000 hours in their lifetimes became 'music-teacher' good, the ones that practiced a life total of 8,000 hours in their lives became 'very-good', and the ones that hit 10,000 hours were 'first-violinist at their symphony orchestra' good.
I want the ability to improve my abilities for more flexibility as a musician, not necessarily to become a virtuoso like Steve Vai, where his livelihood depends on his technical ability. More hours, for me, means more rope, more options.
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