how to create a practice schedule (during coronapause)

today’s a big day. (and not just because it’s april fools.)

we’re opening the doors (early) to our brand new course, organize your practice. see more details here →

i’ve been planning for today for the last two years. it was supposed to launch this fall, but we rushed to finish it because we thought it might be helpful during coronapause.

in the course i have 3 goals:

• goal #1: to help you feel less anxious about practicing for upcoming deadlines.

normally, when i’m busy, i constantly worry about whether i’m going to be ready by the performance date. but if i have a trustworthy practice schedule, i can trust that everything’s going to get done as long as i do what i assigned myself today, tomorrow, and the next day.

• goal #2: to make sure you’re as productive as possible in the practice room.

if you waste a few minutes in the practice room, then that’s a bit of lost time. but if you multiply that over weeks, months, and years, that could have a very real impact on your eventual skill level. the more we work on your practicing systems themselves, the better you’ll turn out as a musician.

• goal #3: to never make the same mistake twice.

when you make a musical mistake, you might be lucky enough to figure out how to solve it. but will it stay solved? and when something goes wrong in an audition… or an orchestra rehearsal… or a lesson, how are you going to ensure that it doesn’t happen again? 

you need to have tools to methodically improve your music and your practicing systems so that every time you do something it’s better than last time.

here’s what you can do today.

i’m going to talk a lot about the organize your practice course over the next few days. but in the meantime, if you want to maximize your time at home, the best thing you could do is to create a coronapause practice schedule. 

if you make a practice schedule for yourself, you can plan out exactly what you want to get done and how you’re going to do it. plus, getting in the habit of keeping a practice schedule is one of the best gifts you can give to your future post-coronapause self. it’ll help you build the planning system that you can follow when things get busy again.

i’ve created a short training video walking you through a 6-step process to create a functional practice schedule to help you get started. 

this video is about how to create a practice schedule (during coronapause).

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