3 Habits to Change in Your Practicing

We all have habits.  As a matter of fact, we tend to talk a lot about habits when it comes to the classical guitar.  However, many times we overlook the actual habits in our practice that do not concern the physical act of playing.  So with that said, let's change 3 habits that might be hindering your growth on the guitar.

1. Get a good night's sleep.  It is difficult to focus on the guitar when our minds are not fresh.  We like to think that burning the candle late at night means we are getting our "time" in on the guitar.  But in reality it is actually counter-productive time.  The more you can focus the better quality practice you'll enjoy.
2. Eat a healthy diet.  Seems strange to say this as a guitarist, but it is true even for us.  A health diet will strengthen your nails and keep you focus for longer.  When you eat that huge bean burrito before practicing and don't think that the rumbling in your stomach is affecting you, then you're out to lunch.  Playing the guitar takes a lot of sitting.  Weighing yourself down with heavy foods before and during practice isn't good for you no matter how you look at it.
3. Try to pick the same time every day for practice.  Our bodies learn by habit.  If you can pick the same time every day to practice, then you will be training your body to practice at that time.  It will begin to recognize that it needs to get into a certain mode and mood to get the most out of the time allotted.

I guarantee that these habit changes will only be for the better of your guitar playing.  We lose sight of how everything we do during the day affects our playing.  It's time to take some of it into consideration and make our playing that much more productive.