Stage 4, Day 29,
This week was also very disciplined, but my quality of character has taken a hit; this is definitely a temporary phase. I'm less focused, less assertive, less energetic, less grounded than I was the previous weeks.. or at least more aware about it than I was last week. I've been dousing my mind in the trickling stream this week.
The biggest indicator is my voice; I'm used to being able to speak deeply, and I often get comments about my baritone voice. Today, it's higher and nasally.
I shift around often and don't have great posture. I'm also pretty tired at the moment, so the change to come is requiring some energy now.
On the topic of productivity, I've had a couple of discoveries; the first is that a lot of the busywork that I'm doing yields very little, and in so doing, I'm leaving no time available to do the things that are truly important (Think 80/20). Allow me to explain:
Each evening, I sit down and practice songs on the guitar. That's fine and good, but I really don't need to learn any new songs, and it won't make me a better guitarist to the core. Instead, I'll use that time to learn scale patterns and some theory, and practice those patterns with a metronome so that I can learn the guitar neck inside and out, and be able to improvise.
I'm also using up a lot of time learning songs, which I realize that I won't need to use. In the next two days, I'll be finishing up the final songs on my list - just so that I actually finish what I started - and I'll allot that time in song writing. These new activities are much more high leverage, since in one year, I'll have developed those skills to a great extent. There's only so much that learning songs will do to my skill levels.
I've improved at work. Nothing much to say on that, but I'm more at ease with the process.
I'm considering investing in Mike Gillette's Strength Psychology program, since I often lose my cool when things get real. Seems like a good deal for 39$.
This week was also very disciplined, but my quality of character has taken a hit; this is definitely a temporary phase. I'm less focused, less assertive, less energetic, less grounded than I was the previous weeks.. or at least more aware about it than I was last week. I've been dousing my mind in the trickling stream this week.
The biggest indicator is my voice; I'm used to being able to speak deeply, and I often get comments about my baritone voice. Today, it's higher and nasally.
I shift around often and don't have great posture. I'm also pretty tired at the moment, so the change to come is requiring some energy now.
On the topic of productivity, I've had a couple of discoveries; the first is that a lot of the busywork that I'm doing yields very little, and in so doing, I'm leaving no time available to do the things that are truly important (Think 80/20). Allow me to explain:
Each evening, I sit down and practice songs on the guitar. That's fine and good, but I really don't need to learn any new songs, and it won't make me a better guitarist to the core. Instead, I'll use that time to learn scale patterns and some theory, and practice those patterns with a metronome so that I can learn the guitar neck inside and out, and be able to improvise.
I'm also using up a lot of time learning songs, which I realize that I won't need to use. In the next two days, I'll be finishing up the final songs on my list - just so that I actually finish what I started - and I'll allot that time in song writing. These new activities are much more high leverage, since in one year, I'll have developed those skills to a great extent. There's only so much that learning songs will do to my skill levels.
I've improved at work. Nothing much to say on that, but I'm more at ease with the process.
I'm considering investing in Mike Gillette's Strength Psychology program, since I often lose my cool when things get real. Seems like a good deal for 39$.
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