Motivation and perseverance can be a tricky thing. What motivates a person to persevere? It can be the desire to do something or learn something that will benefit oneself or others of value to you. I find motivation greater when the desire is shared and valued by friends, at least to the extent that they cheer you on. When this does not happen it takes much greater self driven tenacity and motivation to get oneself to persevere, especially if the task is something that requires motivation for the long haul.
I have the desire to eventually learn many things, but find that it takes great work to stay motivated for the long that haul. Especially when I am going it alone. I am pleased that as I continue to learn music, I have friends that mutually cheer each other on, but even then I find it work to keep at it regular each day. It is something I really want to learn so I continue to work at it. I am a slow learner and this does slow me down, but I am a patient person and am patient with myself, but perhaps I need to be even more patient with myself as learning slowly does take a bite out my excitement of learning. Oh, I'll keep at it, but it does slow me down. I just need to be patient and happy with each small step I make.
So my job is to be more motivated and patient with myself and carry on, and stay excited, even about my small progress steps to help me persevere to my goal. Although I am here referring to music, this attitude work with everything we do and learn in life.
In my year course, I have been working on Unit 3 lesson 1 for a while now. I am finding it a more difficult lesson to learn, but I should expect that the songs will get more challenging as I continue. I will persevere with it one note at a time. Many notes make a song learned, and confidence bolstered.
