POW! Get a hobby. How trying something new (running) continues to help me with something old (singing)
There's a difference between who we are and what we do Often, when we turn something we love (singing) into a career pursuit, the thing we love becomes a grind. Practice becomes the biggest/weightiest thing on a list of chores AND we no longer view the daily pursuit of a career as a thing that we can enjoy, or that can bring us personal reward. I have two initial thought prompts on this. 1. As long as we remain curious about what we're doing, we can remain engaged by it and it's personally rewarding. If we only approach our practice as a check-list, and not as a jumping off point for continued exploration that's where stagnancy can set in. 2. There are things other than music which can bring us personal reward and keep us engaged-- with others and with the world around us. I can't give music the burden of being my only source of inspiration-- but often, when I allow myself to pursue other hobbies or interests, they circle their way back to my music practice an