Consistency

I enjoy the consistency of my practice routine.  This may sound strange since when most people think about playing an instrument, they sort of imagine jazz musicians that can just sort of improvise songs whenever they like.  This is something I probably won't be as strong at, at least not right now.  The way that I practice, I work on the hardest parts of my songs and do scales.  This helps me to develop physically and puts me in what I consider to be a very strong songwriting position.  As I slowly get better, my practice routine changes slightly.  This is slower than you might expect since I have to be fairly comfortable with something to say that I'm getting better.  But what it does do is give me a regular affirmation of exactly where I am so that if I wanted to do something like improvise, I could know where I am starting from.