...because they don't have anything else to do but practice. Another hinderance to adult students is we have real life to live. This work week I literally only had 2 hours total to practice. 2 of those sessions were only 15 minutes each. Tonight I only had 30 minutes. What do kids have to do? get passing grades, pick up their room and then PRACTICE. Adult students have to go to work, commute, grocery shop, work on important relationships, pay bills, clean house, laundry, make dinner, clean up after pets, do whatever else adults do, and then practice. So frustrating not being able to make progress like I want due to the other constraints of life and being an adult.
I havnt scheduled my second lesson yet. I forgot to mention the whole cello thing to the wife. So thats about $150 a month in expenses that I committed to. A wise man told me "your not single anymore you gotta discuss this stuff before spending that kind of money." So we need to work out a budget before committing to more lessons. Maybe due to the amount of time I have to practice 2 lessons a month would be better anyway.
Practice went well tonight. Im still struggling with a death grip on the bow causing my thumb to fall off. Maybe a quarter of the time the sounds the bow makes doesnt sound like a loose fanbelt. Really looking forward to my next lesson to find out what Im doing wrong.
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