The endless plateau

It's been almost two months since my last post. I'm still playing away, but I feel like I'm on a huge plateau and the temptation to reduce practicing is ever present.

I think it's because I've gotten into what I think of as a "runner's dilemma". The idea is that you build up your regular runs to some particular distance and then the next time you run you feel like you have to make that distance or better. That can be a really good thing as it encourages you to improve. It can be a bad thing because it makes each run more daunting.

I haven't run in quite a few years, but I feel like I have the same thing going on with my guitar practicing. I have a set of songs that I go through and if I don't get to all of them, I feel like I was a slacker.