Today is one of those days that make keeping a guitar goal hard. I had meetings pretty much constantly from 11 this morning until 9 tonight. After the last one was done, I just wanted to grab a beer and watch hockey, not run through dexterity exercises on my guitar. I know that if I just skip today, today becomes two days then three and so on. It's like any exercise; you need to keep at it to see any improvement.
So I just told myself I was going to play. I can definitely see improved speed and accuracy in my drills. I played through the parts of the solo I know already. It wasn't as clean as I'd like, but it was better than yesterday. I can already see how my fingering and picking techniques are improving--partially because they need a lot of improvement. I'm cutting down on wasted motion and choking up on the pick more.
Tomorrow I want to start working on the next lick. It's not that I think I've got the first one nailed, it's just that I need something new so I don't mindlessly go through the same thing day after day. It's hard to keep that delicate balance between challenging yourself and overwhelming yourself.
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