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People are creatures of habit. Life offers good habits, bad habits, and everything in between. Guitar playing is no different

Habits are often easy to acquire and difficult to change. You operate out of habit in everything you do to a degree.

A lot of guitar is muscle memory. By playing things over and over your fingers and hands use muscle memory to allow you to play naturally, to be in the moment. Develop productive Physical Habits. You learn by doing best, so do it a lot.

Develop good musical habits. Practice regularly and focus on the positive things. That little habit alone will really develop into something. Change you strings regularly, take care of your guitar like it means something to you. Be receptive to criticism. A lot of criticism is poorly delivered, but just as often there are things to be learned from it.

Try to see music from different perspectives. Keep your mind open by habit.

Good habits will provide great returns. Work at them for a while and they become habit and take less and less energy to do. Try writing your top ten list down and referring to it every day to remind you of what's important. That's a pretty painless habit to develop that can be very effective.