On Practice: Find Inspiration, Part 1
By Daniel Roest 
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Find Role ModelsIn the Planning Practice Time we addressed the question of how to maximize practice time by dividing whatever time you have evenly by four: Scales, Arpeggios and Chords, Reading, and Repertoire. The challenge is not having "enough" practice time due to being "too busy," what the late Suzuki visionary Frank Longay has rightly called "the disease of our time."
To amend my answer, I suggest this: Find inspiration. It is too difficult for most of us to sustain momentum in practice without this crucial element. Find a teacher - myself and others here in the Northern California, and you'll find someone whose passion for the guitar became the main focus of his or her professional life. Ask them to play and watch the dance of fingers on strings see how their concentration shifts into high gear as they seek to do justice to the music's potential. And of course, go to concerts.
Omni Concerts in San Francisco brings the biggest names in classical guitar.
For those in the South Bay Area, because of the South Bay Guitar Society, you have several chances early this year in the South Bay to get close to some of the best players in the world.
For more inspiration, read some uplifting Music Quotes.
