Finding time to practice piano can be a bit, well, challenging. Yes, we love music. Yes, after every lesson we have this yearning to go home and practice the OMGeezies out of a song until we feel as though we've become DiCaprio screaming with open arms on the top of that forsaken boat (Parents, you might have to explain this reference to your children). Then, reality sets in and we realize that we are mere mortals, going to school 8-3 or working our jobs 9-5. As children, our schedules have schedules (whatever that means). We resort to scheduling in "fun" like play dates or computer time. As adults, we work all day, then we come home to our families, and as much as we love them dearly, we work some more until the entire family crashes, probably at some undesirable time (7pm or 2am), and wakes up the next morning to do it all again. We are all very busy and our lives are all very full, but I believe that if you are taking lessons, there is a musical kind of hunger inside your soul that deserves to be fed, and just like you schedule in time for feeding your body (daydreaming about Nutella on Oatnut bread right about now), why not make it a point to schedule in time to feed your soul.
I am a professed scheduler; appointment books, dry erase boards, post its, calendars, and even text messages to myself. I do it all. When I have something written down, it automatically makes it important. This is why I encourage all my students to make practicing piano a routine. When something becomes routine, you EXPECT it to be happening. You expect that you will eat breakfast in the morning (or at least lunch in the afternoon). You expect you will brush your teeth afterwards. You expect to have soccer practice after school. You expect that your favorite television show will be on Wednesday at 8pm. As a piano teacher, I know my students expect to progress at learning piano (I also have that expectation for them). So if you expect to progress, then you should absolutely expect to be practicing. Pick a time, a time you know you can commit to, and as mega brand Nike says, "Just Do It." I guarantee that you will certainly begin to feel as though you are "DiCaprio-ing" your way to the top of that ship. Only difference is that after you've committed your time and you are making your musical strides, it will be smooth sailing.
Jennifer Lorys
Jennifer's Musical Moments
I am a professed scheduler; appointment books, dry erase boards, post its, calendars, and even text messages to myself. I do it all. When I have something written down, it automatically makes it important. This is why I encourage all my students to make practicing piano a routine. When something becomes routine, you EXPECT it to be happening. You expect that you will eat breakfast in the morning (or at least lunch in the afternoon). You expect you will brush your teeth afterwards. You expect to have soccer practice after school. You expect that your favorite television show will be on Wednesday at 8pm. As a piano teacher, I know my students expect to progress at learning piano (I also have that expectation for them). So if you expect to progress, then you should absolutely expect to be practicing. Pick a time, a time you know you can commit to, and as mega brand Nike says, "Just Do It." I guarantee that you will certainly begin to feel as though you are "DiCaprio-ing" your way to the top of that ship. Only difference is that after you've committed your time and you are making your musical strides, it will be smooth sailing.
Jennifer Lorys
Jennifer's Musical Moments
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