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Post Your Playing

Happy Winsday.

Thinking back to when I first started playing and EVERYTHING was a win lol.

The first song I went for was Amazing Grace. I picked it because I already knew the melody and figured how hard could it really be. It also had this soothing, repeatable feel that I knew I wouldn't get sick of hearing on repeat. (Plus it has like 90 verses. I never learned the words but besides the point.)

Back then every little thing was a win. Made it through a verse without messing up? Win. Switched chords without looking down? Win. Played the whole song start to finish? HUGE win.

Now I'm 20+ years in and the question shifts. What does winning look like for me today?

Some days I pick up the guitar and play the stuff I already know because it's easy and it feels good. Some days I play what I know but in a way that pushes me.

Some days I'm just trying to figure out what note I've been humming all day, or working out the melody to a song I keep singing.

So when are we actually winning? Only when we're "training" for the next level? Only when we're getting profoundly better?

Honestly, I think the answer is simpler than all that.

Today I'm celebrating that I picked up my guitar. I picked it up yesterday. I picked it up the day before. Sometimes for 2 minutes. Sometimes for 2 hours. The win was that I picked it up.

That's it.

When you played today, even for 5 minutes, you're winning.

Drop a video below of you playing something. Anything. I'll go first.

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