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I’ve been learning the guitar for a little over a month now. I have less time than I would like to practice but so far I’ve been enjoying it. Sometimes I get so caught up in the hour to hour management of my business and dealing with projects that I forget to enjoy the stillness and be creative. It seems some how less important. But I have learned in the past 6 weeks or so that nothing could be farther from the truth.

Learning the guitar is starting to add the ability to focus on other parts of my life and giving me new ways to look at my life. Sometimes to focus better on something and solve issues you have to look away from them. The more you focus directly on an issue the more difficult it becomes to solve. So, taking a break to look away is important. This learning process is my break to look away.

Some ask me, "Why the guitar?". Many people on my mother’s side of the family play the guitar and I enjoy hearing the guitar. Plus, it’s a mobile instrument so I can take it with me and play wherever and whenever I want. Even a more general question is, "Why music?". Music is important to the soul and everybody should have a little music in their life. I’ve been around aspiring musicians and musicians a good portion of my life. I feel music. I know my business and I know web development. I wanted something I could learn to feel and be.

Lastly, life should be full of learning. When you stop learning you die. You should never put yourself in the position to stop learning or assume you know all you need to know. Yes, learning a new thing can be difficult but then you start mastering it and it’s a wonderful process. I was going to learn Spanish while I was learning guitar as a challenge but I came to the conclusion I couldn’t make enough time to do so at this point in my career. So, I will learn Spanish after I am at least somewhat decent on the guitar. At this point I’m still learning chords and haven’t really put together my first song.