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Hello!
Valerie from The Happy Violinist!
I was chatting with a mom recently after she bought another Happy Music Journal for her son, who’s learning piano.
I checked my records and realised this was actually the third journal she had bought. So I asked if her son had completed the 100 practices in the previous journals.
We design each journal with a Music Progress Chart, where students paste a sticker every time they practise.
The goal is to hit 100 practices in 6 months, about 26 weeks or 180 days, which works out to an average of 4 practices a week.
The mom told me, “No… he didn’t complete all 100 practices in the first two journals.”
But what she shared next helped me learn an important lesson:
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Before she used any kind of journal, he would practise only when he felt like it.
Some weeks, he didn’t practise at all until 1 hour before his lesson.
Then she got him his first Happy Journal, and he started averaging 1–2 practices a week. They stopped at sticker 51.
With the second journal, he practised even more each week, and they made it up to sticker 85. Still not 100 yet.
Hence she said… “So that’s why I’m getting the third journal. I still give him little presents along the way to motivate him, but the big prize will only come when he finally hits 100… and I believe he can do it this time!”
And here’s my biggest takeaway from this conversation:
Practising is a habit… and habits take time to build.
A child may not hit the goal on the first attempt. Or even the second. But with steady encouragement, gentle discipline, and a bit of momentum, they will get there.
And the best part?
Once the habit is formed, it sticks. It becomes something they carry with them for life. Not just for music, but for anything they choose to pursue.
Hope this gives you a little inspiration for your child’s practice journey, and a reminder that progress grows quietly, one step at a time.
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