PianoTell's 2nd Annual Practice Accountability Challenge - Team 2025 (PACT2025)

Sophia · 2024-12-27T15:37:24+00:00

You are cordially invited to join the Practice Accountability Challenge - Team 2025 (that's PACT2025)! The challenge starts January 1st. This is a team-orie...

TLH21

I'm in!

Happy New Year all.

Sophia

You're added to the list as well @TLH21 😄

Gooseberry

I'm in as well. Thanks @Sophia

Sophia

More than happy to add you to the list, @Gooseberry 🙂

Animisha

I'm in! 😊

Sophia

Welcome to PACT, Animisha - you're added as well 🙂

ShiroKuro

Thank you for adding me @Sophia !

My PACT goal for 2025: to average 5 days/week across the whole year. My stretch goal is to average more than 6 days/week. The only times I "excuse" myself are when I'm traveling for business. (in 2024, my yearly average was about 5 days/week, but my average was higher for the second half, when PACT started, so that's what I'm aiming for)

As I mentioned in the other thread, I'm not good at keeping up with these big threads, but I will be recording my practice days as I did in 2024 and I'll try to check in here periodically!

🙂

bSharp

I'm in for 2025!

Sophia

And then there were ten 😃 You're added to the list, @bSharp, welcome!

Sophia

"Into each life some rain must fall", and we've been in a bit of a family rough spot this past week. I haven't been playing since Friday the 17th will add my absence to the E-list. I will put the end date on today, because I'm fully planning to be back at the piano tomorrow... if not, I'll extend the time 🙂

First time on the E-list and the first one to be added in 2025!

Animisha

I would like to be preliminarily excused for the weekend of Friday 24th to Sunday 26th. On Saturday my husband will give a big party and he will cook all the food, except for the cake that I will bake on Friday. There have been some setbacks in his planning and I want to be fully available for him, so I can help him in any way he needs. On Sunday, I may be wiped out completely.

Animisha

Animisha except for the cake that I will bake on Friday.

I would rather practise Hanon for a month than baking cakes! I almost managed to ruin the entire cake by forgetting the crème fraîche in the batter. The cake was already in the oven when my husband asked about it - and then he took it out immediately and rescued it. Everything turned out fine, but I was distraught by my failure.
Today is party day! Looking forward to it and already wishing I was back at the piano at the same time.

Sophia

I have added those dates to the E-list @Animisha - big parties sound good 🙂

I went back to playing yesterday, just for a few minutes and it felt like I hadn't played for six years instead of six days - everything I ever knew was gone! So I got my Alfred book 1 out and just started with the easiest pieces again.

Animisha

Sophia everything I ever knew was gone!

Oh poor thing! I hope it all soon comes back to you.

Sophia

I'm sure it will 🙂 Our life has been in some turmoil lately which doesn't help, but things are settling down for the time being. Watch out forum, I'm back and ready to ~~roar~~ play again!

Greta99

I'd like to join the challenge. Normally, I don't mind missing a day or two. However, last year I found it very difficult to practise regularly. PACT definitely helped me to play every day, even if it was often only very short practice sessions.

BartK

Greta99
I enjoyed your 40 piece challenge recordings on PW. Please consider joining our version of the same challenge here:
https://forum.pianotell.com/d/1457-40ish-pieces-in-2025

Greta99

BartK
Thank you very much, I will definitely do it!

Sophia

That's great to hear, @Greta99 🙂 I have added you to the list!

judanne

I would like to join please. I practice every day I am home but I will have missing days as my daughter has twins(1 month old and cute as they come). I stay overnight when I visit.

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