Going through a bad time

giggsy · 2012-10-17T10:22:35+00:00

With the guitar that is... Earlier this year I revitalised my guitar collection. I got some fantastic effects and amazing guitars, as I thought that I was spending more time buying and selling guitars than actually playing with them. I was hoping that the new purchases would invigorate and restoke my passion for playing the guitar. And they sort of did. Last night though, after trying to play for a bit, I got fed up - I wasnt enjoying myself and haven't for a while. I now have to force myself to play, rather than wanting to. Not sure what it is... Okay, well I do know that I haven't progressed as a player in ages, and for a while I was happy with that - I play for no one other than myself (apart from the odd occasion when I am needed to play bass) so jamming along to some songs, trying out some new riffs and just enjoying playing music was okay for a while. Yes, lessons will help, and I will hopefully go that route sometime - the thing is, I work for myself from home and have two young kids. When Im not fetching, dressing, bathing, playing, feeding and spending quality time with the kids, I am working. Being based at home is awesome and I wouldnt have it any other way, but unlike an office job, I cant come home and thats it, there is always something to do, and if I dont work I dont get paid. Been having a struggle with my little one year old dude's sleeping - he'd sleep for 45 at a time, so after getting kids down we'd have supper, then he'd wake, get him down again, clean up, do a bit of work, then he'd wake etc etc. That's got better at last, but now apart from work, I have to try fit in some time with the wife, the occasional run in the evening, and if we're lucky, catching up on a bit of TV. I keep thinking that in about a year things will have settled down with the kids, but hell, a year... last night I was seriously ready to pack it all in and sell all my gear. But then I thought how great it will be to teach the kids to play as they grow and I remembered the thrill of nailing a new song... Sorry for this indulgent, whinning post - was just going to type it out and delete it to get it off my chest, but hey, maybe others are/have been in a similar boat.

flatfourfan

Giggs, I've been through that you're going through and the best move was to just pack everything away and forget about it. Maybe keep an acoustic in view to remind you sometimes or if you just want to pick it up and pluck a bit, then it's there. There is nothing wrong with putting the music on the back burner for a while. Once the kids are bigger and they understand better it'll make things a lot easier.

Ps...........have a date night once a week with the missus.......it works, trust me.

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