2017 A Year Ahead

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The focus of this blog is to explore the practices, attitudes and motivations of successful artists and musicians in the autumn of life.

How to practice: exploring strategies and tactics in an aging body through book reviews, interviews, personal anecdotes, with the goal of staying happy, healthy and focused.
Attitude: what it is a good attitude, how does helps us to learn and persevere, which daily tactics help us to acquire or keep a good one, what to do if yours needs a tune up?
Metacognition: what it is, what it can teach us about learning, resources for study, conferences, and in practice.
Intrinsic motivation: what it is, how it helps us to learn and persevere as we age, how to help those we mentor with theirs.

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2017 A Year Ahead

1/1/2017

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Goal #1: Be here in 2018

It has been a year of tumultuous changes in the world. To quote the Guardian, "So you thought 2016 was an unpredictable bastard. Now meet 2017, his wilder sister." I'll leave the whining and fear mongering to others. Screw that. I'm inviting us musicians, especially those on the ever-shorting track, to consider another tack.

Be positive, proactive, adventuresome, audacious and...

Start something
Finish something
Abandon something
Revisit something
Try something new
Do something scary
Bury boring
Cultivate exciting
Have some fun, life is short

Cheers,

David Story

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David

1/2/2017 11:51:58 am

"We dedicated a year to self-improvement: here’s what it taught us
From brain and body to money and sex, we optimised aspects of our lives to see if self-help culture works" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/02/self-improvement-optimization

Pretty funny stuff on self improvement.

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David Story: Professional pianist, drummer, composer, and educator. Well into his 4th enthusiastic musical decade, David works with adults pursuing musical dreams in the autumn of life, while he maintains an active presence in the Toronto arts scene.

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