Practice Makes Perfect....

... unless you are me. then practice just makes you crabby and whiny.  lately jon has been teaching me to play guitar.  i actually told him he had too, because i've been wanting to learn for a long time.  i will say that jon is an excellent teacher. he is patient, kind, encouraging, and really wants me to learn. if i were him, i would have shot me by now. seriously all during our practice i'm whining about how much my fingers hurt, how long it's taking me to learn, that my hand is cramping, the song doesn't sound right, etc. and jon calmly tells me it's going to be ok, that it's normal, and that i'll get better. 

this brings me back to my younger days of piano. i LOATHED practicing piano. i procrastinated and thought of every possible thing i could do to get out of practicing, and after 9 years of piano it's obvious that i put no practice or time into it, which makes me feel guilty for all that wasted money. my poor mother tried so hard, sorry mom.  so now i'm convincing myself that this is going to be different, i'm learning the instrument because i WANT to, not because i was made too. but to be honest in the past 12 years or so, not much has changed. i'm still whiny, cranky, and try to avoid it at times. 

hopefully jon will keep on me to learn because i truly do want to learn, i just hate the process. i want instant success, which i would have to say is a typical attitude of a lot of people. we don't want to work at something, or take the time to really put effort in. 

*sigh* so my new goal... learn guitar, learn not to whine, and learn to put in real effort to get the results i want....sooooo off to practice i go, with sore fingers non the less :)