Spend more time on the hard part.
Good practice is slow, hard, and boring. It’s repetitive and full of mistakes. That’s good. That’s where the growth can happen.
It’s an all-too-easy trap to spend your practice minutes on the things you’re good at. Don’t fall in that trap, because you won’t grow.
Spend more time on the hard part. If you don’t like improvising, prioritize practicing that – as painful as it feels. If you can’t sight read, you’d better put it first on your practice to-do list. If your intonation is weak, figure out how to make that the focus every day.
It’s funny – the practice that feels the worst in the moment is the practice that feels the best later, because you can sense the accomplishment.
Spend more time on the hard part.