{"id":821,"date":"2025-11-17T00:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/?p=821"},"modified":"2025-11-20T04:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:45:45","slug":"a-thousand-hours-of-music-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/a-thousand-hours-of-music-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Hours of Music Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I like to track things. And another idea flew into my funnel. Yesterday I decided to set a timer to incentivize practicing for an hour a day. And now I asked myself, how many hours do I want to do? The 10,000 hours thing is way, way beyond what I need to feel accomplished. I have way to many hobbies and interests. for that nonsense. How about 1,000? That actually seems reasonable. That would put me at 2.7 years. Yea, that’s reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve decided to call this project “Milestone”. Because whenever I track things, I always look forward to certain numbers, such as 10, 100, 1000, etc. I do this when I go on long road trips. I pass the time by looking at the odometer and thinking about the next “milestone”. Whoa, wait a second. Holy crap, I just realize that’s exactly what a milestone is. Ok, wow. There it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyways. Since I started aiming at practicing an hour per day yesterday, the current total is 2 hours. And I’ve made a page for this<\/a>. Next milestone is 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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