Practice, especially when you don't want to

The last couple of days have had me running around Texas trying to say 'hi' to people and get the last of my stuff out of my apartment (which, as of today, is no longer mine). This has left very little time for me to do any practicing.

We all have days/weeks like that: we feel like were overworked, underslept, and we just don't have the motivation to do anything more than we're doing. But what we need to do is take a look at everyone around us. Everyday people get up and go to jobs that they don't want to go to. Some of them like their jobs, some of them don't, but in the end, everyone heads out.

Serious magicians need to start looking at magic as a job. It's a job we love, but it is a job nonetheless. Now those days where you just don't feel like doing magic? Do it anyway. It's your job. And on top of that, if you can practice for a small amount of time even when you don't want to, then you get yourself into a routine, and practice will come naturally.

~Cameron Rivers, Kings To You Magic