New Years Resolution: Learn Piano! How to set your goals for practicing
So its a little more than half way through February. A great time to check in on the new years resolutions that you wrote down and see how you’re doing with them. Wait.. you didn’t write them down?!? Thats step #1! Do it right now. This applies to everything, not just piano.
One of my goals is to practice piano more so I changed my desktop background to just remind me of my practice goal. I’ve made one for you right here that says "10 minutes a day, 3 days a week"
- Right click on the picture
- Select "SET AS DESKTOP BACKGROUND"
- Leave it on your computer until you successfully complete the goal.
- Then increase the goal by one day, or 5 minutes at a time per week.
The important thing is to practice just a little bit each day…start off with something simple that you can do for 3 days a week 5 minutes a day… add a little more time each week until you get to a solid practice goal like 15-30min/day 5 days a week.
Don’t set your initial goal too high… Its much harder to maintain practicing or exercising for an hour a day if you’re coming from a cold start of not practicing at all. You have to train your mind and body to get used to the new routine first.
Hey, Chris
Thanks for the motivation post 
I am still hoping, that you will do a large video ^_^ with a different technics and patterns for singing accompaniment 
No Problem Michael, Thats coming May 2010 when PlayAndSing.com reopens. I’ll have lots of free goodies and lessons to give you!
Thanks!
Chris
I’ve begun going over your blogs and, of course… They’ve become of my Grand interest !! The only problem I’m having is just not being so well trained on the computer. I dont Know if ther’s a sequence to follow although I’ve got into “Everything” allready and it seems to be helping me. So I’ll need much more fromthe computer in order to make this dream come true !!
Thanks,
walter Acosta
10 minutes a day, 3 days a week is so achievable. I reckon that after their ten minutes, students will just keep going longer if they’re motivated.