Week #5: Repeating
Reflection
This week was a very busy week for me.
To be honest, except for the weekends, I haven't practiced at all.
I procrastinated again.
My excuse would be that there were a lot of homework and tests on my hand.
It wasn't that I didn't want to practice, but I didn't have time..
I always had in my mind that I need to somehow play it today..
According to how I did last weekend, I thought I made a good habit of making time to play guitar,
I was disappointed because I still could not figure out a solution for the weeks I will have tests and a lot of homework.
According to my schedule, I bet this busy schedule will continue till May.
Maybe I know the solution. The cause of not being able to play guitar is not because I was procrastinating my tests. But because I was having too much worries and greed over the tests.
I feel like I am never prepared for projects or tests. I know that no matter when or where, I will never be "Perfectly" ready for tests or anything like that.
I should give up with this perfectionism, because once I finish it, I have no strength to re-work or develop on it.
Why am I trying to be perfect, when I know I can't?
I know studying isn't everything. I know scores are not permanent.
Even though I know all these and that having a balanced life is important,
I feel like I will regret if I don't prepare for the test now.
For the next week's goal, I will try to be fair with my projects.
Even if I have a test and I feel like I am not ready, investing 10 minutes to play guitar a day will cause no harm. Or at least, 5 minutes.
My other obstacle was that after sitting for a long time, studying,
I didn't want to sit down again to play guitar.
What I did
By using the weekends, I was able to learn 8 videos (although the plan was 10)
But nothing was new. It was just some strategies that helped me to switch the strings easily.
It was another review.
I changed my strings!
I was very happy about this. My fingers don't hurt as much as it did last week.
Also the strings are very light and soft. This is the string Siyong suggested on his blog: Martin.
Here's how it sounds like/
I played the chords I will use for "I'm Yours"