The end of January is a good time to review the New Year's resolutions. Are they working or have you already forgotten about them? It is so easy to fall back into the routine and change nothing in your way of living. 

     My own resolutions? Some of them are working well! I am much more diligent when it comes to practicing! I try to use more of my breaks between work. I fill them with scales or tone exercises. At the end of the day, these short breaks make a big difference!

     The New year is coming and most of us tend to reevaluate our life choices, our career, our... everything. It gives us a perfect occasion to change something and to improve. We usually promise to ourselves to start a healthy lifestyle, to lose weight, to get up 2 hours earlier in the morning, to practice a lot, etc. I have made many flute-related promises to myself at the New Year's Eve as well and then after two weeks, I have realized that nothing had changed at all. Why does it happen so? Why is it so hard to change something significant?