May 24, 2005 at 6:41 AM

I hit a personal high in time spent practicing today: 2 sessions of a bit more than 15 minutes each. And they were both productive.

What changed from the evil practice the day before?

I wasn't tired.
I had something to drink before I started.
I used a stop watch to measure what I could do, instead of a timer to dictate what I should do.
I relaxed and worried less about being perfectly on pitch.

The other thing I did was read a lot here about practice and technique.

And that is one of the most important sources of my confidence that I can succeed. I have this website to turn to. Being home-bound, without Violinist.com I would be without a community to turn to for information and encouragement.

I am back to having to restrain myself from running into my "boudoir" and practicing to the point of pain.

Thanks, all.

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