Time management/drums/piano

There are so many things I want to explore and it can be difficult finding time to do everything. I am making the following list as a 'reminder to myself' of some of the things that I would like to make time for on a daily basis (wherever possible.)

1) Listening to music
2) Practising the drums
3) Practising Piano
4) Composing/Arranging music
5) Reading
6) Improving myself
7) Quality recovery/relaxation time

Number six is something that I have been thinking about a lot lately. I am trying to learn different ways of looking at things and gain some more insight and wisdom to improve my quality of life and improve my actions and the results of my actions and my interactions with others. . .

Mumbo Jumbo? Quite possibly but that's for me to figure out!

So today I managed:

Listening: Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil and Night Dreamer albums

Drums:

I spent an hour today working on some exercises from the Steve Smith Drum Legacy DVD. I won't bore you with the details - its all in my drum practice diary.

Piano:

10 minutes: Working slowly through the next eight bars of the Bach piece verrry sloooowly.

10 minutes: Mintzer Etude. I'm going to change my approach slightly here - I'm still making lots of errors so I'm going back to just playing it over and over at 40 bpm instead of being impatient and trying to work it up to speed.

10 minutes: Scales. A major, E major and B Major. All at crotchet = 40 because of the pesky fingerings.

Composing: 15 minutes working on a short melody idea. I'm really out of the habit of composition AND also a bit rusty with Sibelius. I need to keep going with this stuff!

Reading: A book which will hopefully help me with item 6 as listed above.

Improving myself: See above. I also made a real effort to enjoy my life today instead of wishing I was somewhere else doing something else. I also tried make my interactions with others positive rather than negative or indifferent.

QRT: Went for a walk around Tynemouth and I'm about to continue by cooking, eating and relaxing :)