It's habit forming!

I have to say, 6 Changes is pretty appealing to me - there are certainly some things I want to pick up and develop as daily habits. The biggest problem I can see with it for me is maintaining focus, since it's extremely slow-paced. But that's where things like triggers and public accountability (hi! ;) come in, so it should work.

The first habit I want to work on is playing the fiddle for at least half an hour every day. So starting next Monday I'm going to spend a week tuning my fiddle every day. Each week I'll move on to the next step: playing through a scale, playing through a song, playing through a song twice, playing through a song twice and another song once, playing for at least 15 minutes, playing for at least 20 minutes, playing for at least 30 minutes. Starting next Monday there will be daily status updates on these steps as they go. When I've made playing the fiddle a daily habit I'm going to reward myself by taking up fiddle lessons again (if I can afford them) and possibly looking for pub sessions to join in on.

It's habit forming!

I have to say, 6 Changes is pretty appealing to me - there are certainly some things I want to pick up and develop as daily habits. The biggest problem I can see with it for me is maintaining focus, since it's extremely slow-paced. But that's where things like triggers and public accountability (hi! ;) come in, so it should work.

The first habit I want to work on is playing the fiddle for at least half an hour every day. So starting next Monday I'm going to spend a week tuning my fiddle every day. Each week I'll move on to the next step: playing through a scale, playing through a song, playing through a song twice, playing through a song twice and another song once, playing for at least 15 minutes, playing for at least 20 minutes, playing for at least 30 minutes. Starting next Monday there will be daily status updates on these steps as they go. When I've made playing the fiddle a daily habit I'm going to reward myself by taking up fiddle lessons again (if I can afford them) and possibly looking for pub sessions to join in on.

A couple of questions

It is entirely possible that deciding to factory-restore my netbook when I have some pretty hefty homework due the next day was not the wisest choice I could have made. OTOH, it takes several hours to reinstall World of Warcraft so that was one less possible distraction. I am certainly making good headway on it - it's taken me over an hour to write this post because my homework is so darn fascinating ;P.

Speaking of which, let me ask you a question: If you were to go into an acupuncturist's office, what would you expect to see there? (I'm curious what the answer is even if you've never been to an acupuncturist)

Actually, as long as you're here, let me ask you another question: When would you go to see a healer, and when would you go to see a doctor?

A couple of questions

It is entirely possible that deciding to factory-restore my netbook when I have some pretty hefty homework due the next day was not the wisest choice I could have made. OTOH, it takes several hours to reinstall World of Warcraft so that was one less possible distraction. I am certainly making good headway on it - it's taken me over an hour to write this post because my homework is so darn fascinating ;P.

Speaking of which, let me ask you a question: If you were to go into an acupuncturist's office, what would you expect to see there? (I'm curious what the answer is even if you've never been to an acupuncturist)

Actually, as long as you're here, let me ask you another question: When would you go to see a healer, and when would you go to see a doctor?