Staying consistent when life gets busy

Since I decided to start playing guitar again after a decades-long hiatus, I’ve been very disciplined and structured with my practice. Not because I’m naturally like that, but out of necessity. I’m over 40, I have a family, and I have a fairly demanding job, so to see progress I need to be efficient and consistent.

As the holiday season approaches, life is getting busier and I sometimes miss one or two structured practice days each week. Even on those days, whether it’s after dinner with colleagues or after my daughter’s ballet class, I try to carve out at least ten to twenty minutes for some basic drills to work on hand synchronisation, string transitions or something similar.

What do you usually do when you simply run out of time for proper practice? Do you have any suggestions for handling these periods,

@Jon Bjork

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