Ordered the book

Well I ordered the second and older book from the previous post.....

I guess it will be good Xmas reading.

Things are so busy around here. these days...oldest son has an ear infection, husband's work is in the three busiest weeks of the year etc. etc.

At least I'll get to play the Brahms songs in two weeks (yeah!). Love the piece....

Choice a)

I think I'm going to go with the practice journal idea. My defunct first blog was going to be that...

Been thinking about how to practice lately and want to experiment with the idea of "deliberate practice".

See link below...

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391794/index.htm

There will probably be snippets about my family and life in VT but it will be secondary.

I guess the next step is to buy one of the books by Ericsson (probably the 1996 one).

The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance

The Road to Excellence: The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games