The usual suspects for New Year’s resolutions are: to quit smoking, lose weight and make a career change. Also high on the list are to either improve some (dormant) skill or to add a completely new skill. Maybe even something like learning to play an instrument, which is a great resolution to have.

As popular as New Year’s resolutions are the majority of people don’t follow through. By the 2nd week of January most resolutions have been abandoned completely – which is kind of sad.

But fortunately there’s no need for an arbitrary date like January 1st to come around to decide to improve. You can make that decision at any time. Yes, even right now at the beginning of February (or whenever you are reading this post).

And while I don’t want to talk about quitting smoking or weight loss, I have a great solution for reviving or kickstarting your finger-style guitar chops.

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