Has it ever happened to you that you initially love the piano but then hating it

[piabanoch]

I always fell in love with piano but when i was in the 3rd year of conservatory was a bit tiring.

[lelle]

I got disillusioned with piano at one point in my teens (it wasn't the thing the cool kids did) but returned to it with renewed passion after a year or two.

I also got a bit burned out and disillusioned with playing, or rather my relationship to playing, during parts of the pandemic. Happy to report that I am enjoying making progress once more. I just have to make sure I'm playing the repertoire I want to play and not the one I convince myself I "should" be playing.

[perfect_pitch]

A good teacher can try to inspire a student to find something to love about the piano.

[ego0720]

When something becomes work, generally it’s a love-hate relationship. Even ones which we started love from the beginning. The complexity gets at us and is very frustrating. Most people who continue have to find a balance of how that fits in with life course and to what purpose are they doing what they do. It’s difficult to live on an island and to separate from the pack. But all path should point to a super love .. if for anyone to do it healthily, it should be pursued with balance. Any obsession that were to be sustainable has to be reached with a self-generating energy force and gives unlimited vitality. This is extremely rare and elusive for 99% of us.

For the rest, focusing on the timespan in front of us .. focusing on achievable goals is easier and practical. It’s dealing with burnouts. The successful ones deal with burnouts and continue on. Sometimes this involves getting breaks and then resuming.  We are here to first survive and then look forward at building-extending “heaven” to those we bump into. Creating a family and experiencing happiness.  At times, the study of music can be opposite of this and during this stage of education is a lonely experience. The good news is that it is ephemeral until one finds their life’s center point and then share their findings with others in the manner that they want.