INTRO FOOD FOR THOUGHT

As one of the most successful guitar teachers, Justin lends us his insight into learning and playing guitar. This month: The Pressure We Put On Ourselves.

So Covid finally hit me! I’m writing from my bed, full of aches and moans so the topic for today seems remarkably applicable; the pressures and expectations we put on ourselves.

I don’t like being late, and while I sometimes cut my submission for this article down to the wire, I dread it being late. So here I am writing on my laptop when I should be curled up on the sofa watching mindless TV. It’s a pressure I put on myself, an expectation and something I commit myself to.

When it comes to playing and practising guitar, we all have pressures and expectations of what we can or should be able to do. Many times it seems we are unaware of them, and bringing them out into the light and examining them can be very helpful for our mental health.