SOPP313: I'm feeling a bit frustrated with seemingly little progress
b"Let\\u2019s start episode number 313, of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast. We had a discussion in our communication channel on Basecamp recently. And Jay wrote that \\u2018he\\u2019s feeling a bit frustrated with seemingly little progress\\u2019. And then he wrote some details:\\n\\n\\u201cFor one thing, I have a similar problem that Dianne posted about slow practice. I'm trying slow down things that are more difficult and go through many repetitions. Maybe I'm not going through enough repetitions.\\n\\nAnd, I know we shouldn't compare ourselves with others\\u2013it's easy to do though. I see others posting about getting perfect on things that I can't even play. \\n\\nI am enjoying practice though. I just would really like to improve faster. And like someone else who is 71 recently said, that at this age, it just takes longer to get things. Perhaps that's where part of the frustration is\\u201d.\\n\\nV: Diane answered:\\n \\n\\u201cI agree with everything you said. I tend to compare myself now to when I was younger, and I get frustrated that I can't play things perfectly the first time through the way I used to! It's bad enough to compare myself with others without also comparing myself with a younger version of me\\u201d."