I turned 50 recently, here are a few thoughts...

Dario Napoli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi5XiOCNerQ&t=62s

Forgive the "youtuby title", but the things I cover in the video seem to be resonating with a few people, my wish is it might be of help to anyone who is a musician or a musician at heart.

Best,

Dario

flaco

I love this video, thanks for posting it! I took a lesson from a pro country guitar player probably 10 or 12 years ago, and he also didn’t own a TV. That really stuck with me! My question is, what will your 70 year old self want to come back and tell your 50 year old self 20 years from now?!

Buco

These things are fun (or not) to look back and say oh if I could go back I'd do this and that differently. But, we don't write our life's story, the life does the writing.

What would I say to myself 30-40 years ago? Sit your ass down and practice the damn thing. Which I did but not nearly enough. Many reasons for that, not just being lazy. Now I'm catching up, at 54. Do I wish I liked practicing then as much as I do now? Yes, I do. I even regret it a little bit. But it's not causing me grief. Things happened the way they had. As long as I can keep injuries and/or arthritis away, I have enough time to get where I want to be in the next 10 years or so. The trip is fun.

Dario Napoli

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/118582#Comment_118582

Ha! First of all thank you for tuning in:) Great question, to which I don't have an answer yet:)

My wish is that at 70 my life won't be terribly different from now, still touring, still teaching, just better at everything...but I'll be curious also!

Dario Napoli

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/118583#Comment_118583

Absolutely!!!💪

Scoredog

That's a very good video.

I started Gypsy Jazz at age 55 so one can certainly improve in our later years. Do I wish I started earlier?...maybe but my earlier self set me up so I could focus on Gypsy Jazz in my senior years w/o a lot of distractions though I had no idea when I was composing TV shows Gypsy Jazz is where I would head.

BTW often one should search for possible pain as related to the video as overcoming it brings the greatest satisfaction. Turning from it is often avoidance and temporary comfort.