July 2 is exactly the midpoint of the year, with 182 days preceding and 182 days to follow. It seems like a good time to reassess my goals for 2025. In years past, I would post my goals in January. This year, I didn't even bother doing that. I figured you probably get tired of constantly hearing how I'm behind on my playing goals, so guess what?
I'm behind on my playing goals this year.
I totally missed two months of playing, not playing at all in March and May. However, I started to get back into a groove in June. I'm hoping to use that momentum for second half push to get back to playing music regularly.
I typically set three playing time goals each year: a primary goal, a minimum goal and a stretch goal. I was hoping to reach 100 hours of combined playing this year, with a minimum goal of beating last year's total of 85 hours and a stretch goal of 124 hours.
Having missed two whole months and topping out at a combined 5.5 hours in February, the only goal that I can really still shoot for is to beat last year's total. But even that would be tough.
However, with revised goals in hand, I feel good about my music playing the rest of the year. There are some local festival coming up, and I'm hoping to make it out to a jam or two before the year is over. What are your goals?
Last Kind Words
Even though The Glory-Beaming Banjo has been rather dormant this year, I've received several kind comments and direct messages from readers this year. I truly appreciate those of you who take time to send me words of encouragement.
GeoffLB wrote on my previous post: "You mention, sometimes rather wistfully, having a lot of periods without playing music. Don't be discouraged, with a young family and work pressures it's bound to happen. Just take heart from the fact that it gets better. I retired 13 years ago and have barely missed a day playing either banjo or guitar. Easily 4,000 hours at a guess, without breaking sweat! Stick with it meanwhile, enjoy the time you can spend with music and don't beat yourself up about missed targets."
Despite mentioning my lack of playing again in this very post, reading those words provided a lot of solace. It's easy to get down on myself for not reaching my goals.
Getting comments like that really boost my spirits, and encouraged me to pull this post together. I'd also like to thank D and Gordon for contributing to my Ko-Fi account. I truly appreciate that you find my blog worthy of your hard-earned money. It means a lot. And I'm not just saying that to encourage more people to give me money, but if you feel so inclined ...
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