Try and rank the following, over the course of a year prior to lockdown, in terms of total time spent:
A. Quality, structured practice time
B. Browsing tfb classifieds/Facebook groups for a bit of spare dopamine
C. Driving cross country to get dopamine hits
D. Taping up/unboxing parcels, recycling, fondling
E. Listening to music
F. Unstructured noodling
G. Talking to your partner about guitars/new purchase/trade deals
H. Talking to yourself about guitars/new purchase/trade deals
I. Watching youtube gear reviews
J. Whatever hasn’t been considered
Comments
F
D
A
H
J
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and none of the rest
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Drumming
Pedal building
Acoustic playing, including unplugged electric
B
E
A
F
None of the rest.
D.
H.
G.
E.
J.
None of the others.
B. Drinking heavily
C. Sleeping
D. Listening
E. Unstructured noodling
Y. Writing/Recording
Z. Focused practice
E
none of the others.
Some A
A little reading up on theory
A lot of gardening
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum