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  • itsAsintoADHD@lemmy.mlDo any of you maintain hobbies?
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    1 year ago

    try to develop a routine around it.

    set a start-time and adhere to it every day for a week or so. make sure to plan out ahead of time the VERY SPECIFIC actions that will set you along your goal for that particular day. you don’t have to plan the entire activity but, for example, before you get out of bed lay with your eyes closed and CLEARLY VISUALIZE the first several steps you will take to practice guitar…

    (10:30am)

    1- open the blinds, let the sunlight in.

    2- pull the amplifier over and power it up.

    3- remember the tune from yesterday? hear it. how do those fingerings go again?

    4- oh yeah, grab the music paper and pencil.

    5-… and you’re off!

    only after you have a very clear idea of what, exactly, it looks like to get yourself going, do you attempt to begin. no plopping down and hoping for the best.

    good luck!










  • fun story…

    ive seen Elton John twice. the second time, more than twenty years ago, i was able to present a rose to him on one knee during the encore.

    my friends and i were in the front row and had set up a folding chair up against the stage. it was quite a leap to get up there and i immediately ran for the side of his piano. security rushed in on me rapidly but i was already on one knee reaching out with my head down, so Elton shooed them away.

    i love Elton John.