get yourself a good "count-down" timer

[kristinparker22]

Hi guys,
Everyone has different goals with the guitar; as for myself, I want to play in a band BAD and develop proficiency ASAP. For me, it's really important to meet my daily practice goals and I'm finding that, by far, the best way to stay honest is to use a trusty timer. I really like a timer I found on Amazon that, like any timer I guess, allows you to set a time value, and then it counts down to zero. So, you can set it for x amount of hours or minutes and press start. When you stop for a break you pause it, when you have to go out and run an errand, pause it . . . but it keeps track of what you owe and it never lies! I'm putting in a lot more time now and seeing the improvement.

FYI, the timer is the "CDN TM10L Digital 2-in-One Timer, Red" found on Amazon. It's a really cute cherry red!! lol

[Crate SG]

To me that kind of practice shedule is how you improve the fastest, Way To Go!!

[Blewbyou]

A timer is a great idea I find when I sit down to practice I kind of lose track of time and really have no idea of how long I practice each segment. So I tend to skimp on some and linger on others.

Great tip

[custom24]

Me too Blew, that's a good tip. Sometimes I'll play twenty minutes, and sometimes like 4 hours.. it's hard to tell you just lose track, so a timer is a great idea.

[Leviskardsen]

That would drive me absolutely crazy. Knowing that there's a timer involved would make me lose focus on learning, the only thing I'd be thinking about is how much I've gone through in the time I've allotted myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate at all.

But that's just me. I actually find that if I forget about the passage of time, I accomplish a great deal more, in a shorter period of time.

[Blewbyou]

I'm looking at it from a different angle. I tend to skimp on drills that I don't like so much and spend a lot of time on the ones I like or am good at .......so if I have a timer I can make sure I put in my allotted time on the drills I dislike or am not so good at and if I spend more time on the ones I like then so be it but I get my time in.

[scottish1]

A timer is great if that's what you need. For me I don't wanna feel forced to learn or that I have to learn and that's what a timer for me would do. Ive got timers and chronograph watches all over the place. I chose the guitar because i wanted to have fun at learning an instrument when I want to learn.

I watch a lesson, strum it a few times and put the guitar back in the stand. I always walk by it so I constantly see it. I'll pick it up occasionally throughout the day or a couple days and go through what I had learned. It may take me several days a week, however long. Im not in a race, mind you I picked up the guitar to have fun while learning. David makes watching his lessons for me, relaxing. I can learn at my own pace regardless of how long it takes. For me I loose more interest in doing something when i know I HAVE to do it within a certain time frame. Where's the fun in that?

Just my opinion:D