Piano with Robyn

What’s one of the easiest ways to stop a promising habit in its tracks? 🙈

Taking on too much too soon.

It’s great to have lofty goals, but goals don’t necessarily get you where you want to go - and they can even be overwhelming and make it hard to get started.

So what’s the key to the third factor of building habits that stick? Keeping the barrier to entry low. Make it so easy to show up that you can’t say no.

This might look like starting with the habit of playing just 4 measures. Or one scale. Or for two minutes. Something that gives you a quick win. You’ll build on it later!

So what’s it going to be?

Are you struggling to keep up with the practice goals you set at the beginning of the year?

I get it. I’ve been there many times myself. (I’d say countless times, but I’m not thaaaat old yet 😆)

The New Year energy is real: it’s a shiny opportunity to turn over a new leaf and finally get started on things you’ve been putting off for a while -since last January, maybe? 🙃

And that’s all well and good, but what do you do when the novelty wears off, the daily grind settles back in, and you inevitably trip up? Because seriously, nobody ever built a new habit without falling off the wagon a time or two.

We’ll be talking about ways to build a practice routine that really sticks over the next few weeks, and today we’re starting off with something simple: schedule your practice time.

This step alone won’t guarantee that you show up for every single scheduled session. Life gets busy, things get in the way, and plans change. But I can promise you that scheduling your practice times will help you show up more consistently, which in turn will help you start to build momentum.

Tell me your practice times in the comments below, and let’s help each other along the way!