A little progress....

I got two practices of about an hour each last week. Better than the last two years except under the pressure of performance.
I've decided on three goals for the next year. One will be to play my cello every day. Second will be to go our somewhere interested with W. each week. Third will be to lose 25 lbs. using the WW Core programme. I start next Tuesday, since we will be away, taking F's cats back to her.

So....not a thousand hours

I was confabulating. The proverb is; "A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." It takes ten thousand hours to get good at something. Probably there really isn't any difference till you actually start!!! But I did at least play Reinagle Duet # 4 with A.C. I'm thinking of moving my cello practice space up to the second floor. I could play as soon as I get up, before the near-world wants my attention. Worth a try!

A Thousand Hours

 I read that it takes one thousand hours of doing something before you get good at it. I desperately need motivation to practise my cello. Unless I play with friends, my cello stays in her case. As nice as the case is, life in a what is essentially a box is inadequate. Maybe keeping a blog will help me to overcome whatever it is that keeps me from playing for myself. I'll post about hours played rather than days.