This week is essentially my last week of summer vacation. Next week I’ll be taking one week for the Orff Masterclass in San Francisco followed by another 2 weeks of Orff for Level 3. I’m super excited for that!

Something I’ve been thinking a lot about is milage. I’ve been thinking about the term in every aspect of my life.. playing the cello, teaching, running, etc. Such as cello for instance. During my first 4 years, I put a lot of hours into cello while being ineffective. These last 4 years have been only effectiveness–but I didn’t put a lot of hours at all. It is like the first four years I’ve traveled to multiple destinations but didn’t get the point. The next four years I was taking time to smell the roses but I don’t get to a destination at all.

Now that I’ve reached my 9th year of my musician/teacher career track.. I think a healthy combination of milage and effectiveness is in my future. Perhaps then I’ll reach my destination in life!

So how will I spend my last week of summer? I’m planning go do what I’ve been doing the last few weeks… eating, sleeping, practicing all my instruments, running. I should clean up today though since I don’t think I’ll prioritize that once the school year starts.