{"id":1708,"date":"2011-04-03T23:16:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2011-07-30T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T02:02:50","slug":"what-old-pizza-can-teach-you-about-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/what-old-pizza-can-teach-you-about-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"What Old Pizza Can Teach You About Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The funniest revelation came to me the other day when I was ordering pizza only to notice pizza from a couple days ago already in my refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Now, to our defense, we’ve been doing a lot of cooking. More than in times past. But we just happened to have family over this past weekend and ordered pizza for the whole gang.<\/p>\n

Having forgot about that, I ordered more a couple days later when I could have easily warmed up the pizza we already had.<\/p>\n

The funny thing is there isn’t a person this hasn’t happened to at one point or another.<\/p>\n

And funnier than that is the fact that this happens all the time in our musical pursuits.<\/p>\n

We’re so fixated on learning new chords, voicings, “bells” & “whistles,” we forget about honing and perfecting what we’ve already attained (i.e. – learning what we already know in all 12 keys, playing fast movements smoothly, cleaning up our licks and runs, etc).<\/p>\n

Quite frankly, we’d rather order new pizza<\/em> instead of taking inventory and warming up what we already have.<\/p>\n

What is already in your fridge that could use warming up? What could be mastered in all 12 keys? What movement could be cleaned up a little more?<\/p>\n

It’s okay to add new groceries to the fridge but don’t push the old stuff back so far that it sits untouched, ultimately rotting and spoiling. “Out of sight, out of mind.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Quick and to the point, I know — but a powerful message nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Until next time —<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Now, to our defense, we’ve been doing a lot of cooking. More than in times past. But we just happened to have family over this past weekend and ordered pizza for the whole gang.<\/p>\n

Having forgot about that, I ordered more a few days later when I could have easily warmed up the pizza we already had…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation-self-improvement","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Old Pizza Can Teach You About Priorities - Hear and Play Music Learning Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/what-old-pizza-can-teach-you-about-priorities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Old Pizza Can Teach You About Priorities - Hear and Play Music Learning Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The funniest revelation came to me the other day when I was ordering pizza only to notice pizza from a few days ago already in my refrigerator. 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