February 3
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We want him to have a well-rounded, structured musical education.
Actually, we want him to enjoy it, and he's not a fan of practicing. Let's try less structure and make it fun.
He hasn't been progressing like we thought he would. Maybe we can try playing and singing. It he can learn just enough to play his favorite tunes, we're okay with that.
Okay, we can't get him to practice. Maybe another teacher would freshen things up.
Okay, we still can't get him to practice. Maybe we should take a few months off of lessons, then come back to it.
Let's say you're the captain of a ship. You pick an island and you decide to go there.
But then halfway, you decide someplace else might be nicer. You change direction.
But then a quarter of the way there, you think another region would be better and you change course yet again.
Do that enough times, and you know what happens? The ship runs out of food and everyone starves to death.
Childhood is short. They rely on us adults to captain the ship. And sometimes they don't know what's best for them yet.
When we pick a direction and stick to it, no matter what, that's how we build momentum.
And that's how we reach the destination we planned on when we first started.
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