Beginning the practice is the hardest part; give yourself grace.
I’m trying hard to develop a new personal fitness habit; it’s not easy. And then I recall, I’ve been here before.
I’ve been here learning to practice music properly. I’ve been here writing a book. I’ve been here starting this daily blog.
In every case, getting used to the habit was the hardest part, and had the highest risk of failure.
At the beginning you don’t know how to do it well. You don’t know the pitfalls, you don’t know what will work.
I often tell my students pursuing music that they should start a YouTube channel and start posting videos of themselves performing. To my memory, none have – because starting is hard. The first hundred videos they post would be of low quality, till they got better at their craft and better at knowing how to make the videos. To post those first videos requires tremendous grace.
I’m not doing my best, I’m doing the best I can do right now. Grace.
Tell yourself that and it might get a little easier to begin that habit. That’s what I’m telling myself, anyway.