Has anyone else been emphasizing key signatures this month? Or have you tried another theme for the month? I’d love to hear your thoughts on what has worked well, what hasn’t worked well, and any other ideas for improvement. Also, does anyone have ideas for future themes? Also…just so you know, I scheduled my spring […]
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Finding Time: Part Four – How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Efforts
Read: Part One | Part Two | Part Three Each of these points below could be developed much more fully, but this is a brief overview of four things that seem to really eat up time and energy and sabotage our efforts to live productive lives. Know Your Calling and Priorities I already touched on […]
Finding Time: Part Three – 4 Principles for Making the Most of Your Time
Yesterday, we looked at the importance of Tracking Your Time to help determine how your time is being spent and what areas are/should be a priority. Once you have those determined, it’s helpful to have some guiding principles to help you structure your daily schedule. Here are 4 Key Principles that have made a huge […]
Finding Time: Part Two – Tracking Your Time
Yesterday, I mentioned that at the beginning of this year, I made up some little index cards on which I recorded each of the different roles that I fill and the responsibilities associated with each one. This was done in an effort to determine how to use my time more productively and to help me […]
Monday Mailbag – Finding Time: Part 1
How do you get so much accomplished in one day? What is an average day’s schedule like for you (including things that aren’t necessarily part of teaching piano)? This is a good question from a reader who recognizes the importance of using time wisely and is trying to figure out how to get all the […]
Happy New Year! Win a Free Practice Incentive!
Well, I didn’t exactly mean to disappear from here for two weeks, but I took two weeks off of teaching and I guess my lack of routine carried over into blogging! I’m really excited to get back into teaching next week and have all sorts of grand ideas of things I want to do and […]
