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Originally Posted by JonPR
Precisely. If it's not fun, stop! If and when it feels like a burden or a chord, stop! . . .
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True!
I took the question differently. Some stop because it's a burden, as you say. Others stop out of frustration. I did in the early seventies for about six months because I realized that I'd never be the great player I wanted to be.
But I missed it a lot and figured, wotthehell, and got up and running again.
And others stop out of busy-ness. My work sometimes became all-consuming. Classic workaholic: It's gotta get done so I've gotta do it. There were long stretches when I didn't do anything fun besides work, which had its own entertainments.
And, of course, there were times when I couldn't afford a guitar. That pretty much puts the kibosh on the whole enchilada.