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Oct 23, 2020Liked by Dascha Paylor 🌴🥥

This resonated with me too. As a perpetual guitar student, lack of motivation occurs occasionally for many reasons. When this happens I ask myself why did you start on this journey? I agree we need to reconnect with reasons.

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I had to do that with writing when I was trying to churn out content on Medium. The joy had been sucked out of it. I had to take a step back and find that joy again.

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Oct 17, 2020Liked by Dascha Paylor 🌴🥥

This resonated with me. I didn't stop playing completely, but it hard to get motivated when all your gigs vanish. But it is good to play for pure enjoyment. Once pick up your instrument, you remember the joy of playing.

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I think it resonates with a lot of people, and not just musicians. So many of our routines have been disrupted. I used to love writing at Starbucks, for example. I enjoyed writing in company with other writers. We need to remember why we engaged with these pursuits in the first place. Maybe, this is a gift in disguise, if we can reconnect with those reasons!

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Oct 17, 2020Liked by Dascha Paylor 🌴🥥

So true. When something becomes a career, a routine, or money enters the equation, things change. It is easy to forget doing it for enjoyment. But we need to.

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