hi Tribers! You probably heard it before… but it’s worth looking into it as a habit breakdown. Ra-ra motivation wears out and then what? Back to square one. Relatable? I believe that playing piano taught me not just how to relax and meditate, taking a brake from everything else, but also - consistency and discipline. And I practice these daily. They aren’t just one and done with… like brushing your teeth… it’s called maintenance. I brush and floss twice a day - not cuz I like it but cuz it’s good for me. Same w physical activity, getting into my Joy Zone by playing music, meditation and here is this: 🤯 I GET UP AT 4am every morning!!!! To a lot of people this is mindblowing. I don’t do it because I am an “early person”. I am not!!!!!!!!! I’d sleep until noon! And I have… I do it to practice my discipline (just like my cold showers, I strongly dislike cold btw) and consistency. This beats absolutely anything else when it comes to your Joy and Success!!!!! But step further, let’s not even talking about competition here. I wouldn’t say it beats it but more like - amplifies EVERYTHING that is good for you and you want more of. My Spanish lessons are another example. I do them daily for 777 days straight now and I am normally winning their highest level each week… But for me, it isn’t the winning that I am on top of the diamond league’s tournament competing against others, that drives me - but it’s the fact that I showed up another day and did my best. So I am competing w myself only, and am better than yesterday - every day… How you do one thing is how you do everything. Consistency & discipline are habits that we build. If I can do it - you can, too… look into it. You can’t just use the lame excuse “oh I am not disciplined enough to be consistent” - that’s BS!!!! I am naturally very inconsistent & the opposite of disciplined…. I do practice these daily cuz I am getting better at them!!! Just like everything else (practicing an instrument, for example) - you get better w practice….

This is a piece by Franz Liszt, and the name translates to "love dream" It's quite a famous piece, and I thought I'd share this recording of my playing :)

Sometimes we have a dot after a note. It looks like full stop (see photo below). - it makes the note longer and specifically half of that note’s value, is added to it. - example would be a dotted half note - regularly, without the dot, it gets 2 counts (beats), but with the dot - 3 (2 for its value + 1 which 1/2 of 2, for the dot) - another example would be a dotted whole note = 6 counts (cuz a whole note is 4 and then half of that is 2, so 6 in total) - one more example - dotted quarter note equals 1 and 1/2 beats or 3 eight notes. Please vote and let me know if this makes sense!

Often times we compare ourselves or / and look up to someone or something…. And dismiss/judge harshly our own creations through that distorted biased lens…. Pourquoi???? What makes you YOU is YOU! No one can be you! So why do you feel like not being you? My fav quote by me is, here we go again 🤣🤣🤣: “I’m a world of wannabes… BE YOU!”