The house is quiet. All the kids are with my husband, at the 'Y', swimming, eating granola bars, the baby probably crawling around gleefully at his feet, on the dirty floor. I have my 4th and last guitar lesson (for now) at 6 pm. I have to bus down there and I was planning on using this rare time alone to finally practice. I think my guitar teacher knows I'm a bit of lost cause. Seriously...it took me 2 weeks to get the C major scale down without pausing several times. My problem is that I have NO time to practice and all guitar players and teachers tell you, the only way to learn and sound fluent is practice practice practice. Then I get my chance and I am here in front of the computer wishing I could get out of the lesson, because I feel too pressured to practice.That is why I am not going to take any more lessons for awhile. Just focus on practicing whenever I can with no hang ups about pleasing my mostly laid back, definitely stoned guitar teacher. I mean really, that 's why I unschool any of my 5 kids that want to be unschooled. I want them to learn for their own sake, without the agitation of pleasing others and performing or producing something you have no personal interest in. Bottom line though, I am a procrastinator and I need to at least try and get through the exercises in time. I WILL go and practice now, for 30 minutes, then hop on that bus and go to the lesson prepared or not; and treat myself to hemp balls next door to the music shop whether I fall on my ass or not.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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