- Practice by living. Practicing twice a week is good. Practicing every moment is better. Find ways to incorporate what you want to practice into your everyday life. There are boundless opportunities to work on your posture, your intense gaze, your head snaps, throughout the day.
- Don't expect to be to perform at 100% if you practice at 75%. Treat every practice like a performance so that at performances you will be prepared to perform.
- Perfect practice makes perfect. You can practice all you want, but if you spend a lot of time practicing something incorrectly, you just get really good at doing whatever you're trying to do incorrectly.
- Find your weaknesses and address them. Sometimes this means being harsh, sometimes it means putting up with a little pain, but effective practice requires you to identify what you need to work on to improve and then take steps to improve.
- Find the joy. It is easy to get caught up in techniques and criticism, but take a step back every once in a while and remember why you're practicing. Remember why the work is worth it and smile. Have fun. If you're going to be spending all your time practicing, you might as well enjoy it.
I hope you had a happy Monday and that you have a wonderful rest of the week!
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