If You’re Not Setting Deadlines, You’re Wasting Practice Time

If You’re Not Setting Deadlines, You’re Wasting Practice Time

March 26, 2026 · 12 min

About this episode

Steve discusses the importance of setting deadlines in guitar practice to maintain motivation and progress.

Send Steve a Text Message Your practice can be consistent and still feel like it’s going nowhere. When there’s no deadline, it’s easy to drift through scales, licks, and exercises without ever feeling finished, and that “unfinished” feeling quietly kills motivation. We talk about the simplest fix: give your guitar practice a real finish line, even if you don’t have a band, a gig, or a rehearsal on the calendar. I walk through a pressure test that makes the idea click fast: imagine getting ca...

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