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You’re probably too exhausted from work other than to be in a vegetative state for recovery. I find that I’m most productive when I work for myself and can play piano/guitar as a pause from my work.

I work constructively and I have autistic pictorial charts that log my free time usage. If it looks like I’m slacking, I get to it. I find that this method of 7.5 - 15 minutes is optimal for concepts, and keeps me “wanting” to play (not being “pulled away” by TV, vidya, 4chan). These charts are organized by the hour and go up to 20 hours (which I believe puts me in the passable-intermediate skill range for most activities). That means that at minimum there’s 160 of these 7.5 minute “free time” excursions, 80 for 15 minutes. It helps gamify things while also keeping me honest. You can literally see what you spend your free time on.

I also developed my mental powers to be able to visualize tasks and work on them when I’m in a state of relaxation. For example, I’m typing while my mind thinks of alternate fingerings for the the drop at 1:22:

https://youtu.be/R8UX7bzU_rc?si=MXcusFOqTeMVlyIc

Fuck that’s good, where was I?

Right, you can be mind productive and body tired. The guilt is coming from your brain atrophying and not engaging in life.

Also, fix your damn guitar. One video for ten minutes will have you set forever. It’s either turning Allen keys left or right (string height/action or truss rod), resoldering the electronics, or you need new strings/nut/frets/springs (for floating bridge electric).

This is coming from a guy who used to practice up to 5 hours a day of music on top of AP classes, sports, and other shit. I understand what the benchmarks that are needed for mastery, but I also understand the diminished returns of n er enjoying your life, looking wistfully at green grass while I run all the modes of the melodic minor scale up my bass.