Layla Nahar
New member
Hello,
Do you all remember we made some top 10 goals for 2005? Wondering how everybody is doing?
I've revised mine to some things a bit more abstract. My mother is getting alzheimers and my sisters are being difficult. My revised goals/resolutions are as follows.
1) Not to let my mother's illness and my sisters demands sap all my life and energy.
2) To spend more time day to day practicing - playing with reason, playing with sound design, and practicing my guitar repertoire.
3) To spend more time working on programming (gotta get my chops back so I can get a programming job again after a 3 year hiatus)
4) this one is more abstract - and depends on #2 - working on being less creatively blocked and better at getting what is within out, by not having expectations, and not seriously beating myself up as I try to create. I should experiment, and work on being free and on not having expectations, and on enjoying it. This is my toughest battle. As soon as I sit down to do the one thing I really want to do, all those doubts and unpleasant voices start, and remind me how stupid and useless this music thing is for me to be doing. I really hate this compulsion and want to be rid of it. Any suggestions would be really helpful.
5) Not neglecting paperwork & beurocracy stuff right away - not letting it sit in my to do box till it bites me in the ass
6) I'm still on track to play on open mike in april. I'll be going with my bf to a couple this month. I do have to do a bit more practicing, though.
So, how is everybody else doing on thier goals?
Layla
Do you all remember we made some top 10 goals for 2005? Wondering how everybody is doing?
I've revised mine to some things a bit more abstract. My mother is getting alzheimers and my sisters are being difficult. My revised goals/resolutions are as follows.
1) Not to let my mother's illness and my sisters demands sap all my life and energy.
2) To spend more time day to day practicing - playing with reason, playing with sound design, and practicing my guitar repertoire.
3) To spend more time working on programming (gotta get my chops back so I can get a programming job again after a 3 year hiatus)
4) this one is more abstract - and depends on #2 - working on being less creatively blocked and better at getting what is within out, by not having expectations, and not seriously beating myself up as I try to create. I should experiment, and work on being free and on not having expectations, and on enjoying it. This is my toughest battle. As soon as I sit down to do the one thing I really want to do, all those doubts and unpleasant voices start, and remind me how stupid and useless this music thing is for me to be doing. I really hate this compulsion and want to be rid of it. Any suggestions would be really helpful.
5) Not neglecting paperwork & beurocracy stuff right away - not letting it sit in my to do box till it bites me in the ass
6) I'm still on track to play on open mike in april. I'll be going with my bf to a couple this month. I do have to do a bit more practicing, though.
So, how is everybody else doing on thier goals?
Layla
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