dont get me wrong i love playing my guitar more than anythin else but often the stuff i play doesnt really improving i am just pissing about or watever. this is not a bad thing, but to actually improve, to do things that i couldnt do before takes some kind of competition (for me), this competition can be with others or in a way it can also be with myself. it can even be competing with peoples expectations, like when i had lessons i would practice hard to live up to my guitar teachers expectations and so i could please him. i think through competition you can in a way see your progress and this helps.

also i a way i dislike the fact that most people are motivated by greed or competition. i would like everyone to do things for others for the sake of it, i just dont believe that happens.