What I would like from a Daily Practice Challenge: With a little help, I hold MYSELF accountable for achieving my practice goals.
What I don't want: to tell someone else what their practice should be, or have someone else tell me what to do. I don't want people to feel excluded because they have different goals.
BUT! we do need language to describe: 1) what we're gonna do; and 2) how we're going to reward ourselves for doing it. I DON'T want accountability cops. I do want the challenge to help me do what I'd otherwise give myself an easy pass on. I don't want to sign up to something that was for show, or too vague to feel a sense of achievement.
[Edited for brevity. Writing shorter takes longer.]
Would people agree to the following?
"I will practice piano for some amount of time every day (ANY amount. That could be all day. Or 1 hour. Or 30 minutes. Or 5 minutes. Literally any amount of time would count). That way, we are practicing accountability on the same simple, tangible, obvious thing. You either did it, or you didn't, and you have to make your excuse (sick, away, injured, The Bear was on). The intention is to hold yourself accountable in some way that you struggle to do on your own." (But shorter.)
If this very wide language does not work for this or that person, that's totally ok! We can discuss what language would meet your needs, OR you could maybe run a different group! Who says we can't have more groups? I have a friend I check in with weekly, via Google Chat. We are a group of 2 people, and it still really helps!
