Should I start a learning log?

[Majik]

Mine started off in the old forum in the “Road Cases” section which was a dumping ground for any personal learning, performance, gear, or other guitar journey related stuff.

When the new forum was created, this was renamed to “Learning Logs” which really didn’t fit the content I had in my Road Case, which was more about my gear journey than my guitar learning log.

But I had a lot of content in there which some people seemed to like, so I cut and pasted it across anyway. I couldn’t see anywhere else to put it, so it ended up as a Learning Log, even though it’s not really that at all.

I don’t, personally, have a desire to log my learning journey. Frankly, these days, it’s too disjointed and unfocused to be easy to write something useful or interesting.

I can see that it would be more useful for someone near the beginning of their journey, where the course direction is more linear.

Cheers

Keith

[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

Same thing here Keith and I still use my “Learning Log” in the way I used the old Road Case and still refer to it as such. I’ll drop a end of year review and planner, along with posts on the gear side of things but don’t use it as “learning log” and just rely on my spreadsheet. I did drop a couple of work in progress recording but didn’t think it served much of a purpose.

Still never clear why the Road Case were rebranded, as they were all of similar content on the old Forum. It would have been better just to create a Learning Log area for those that wanted it, which wasn’t a common thing back in the day. But as Mr Larsen often quotes “if you build it they will come” but rather than a new build, it was just a renaming exercise and the rest is history.

As to the OP, the simple answer to starting a log is, it’s a personal choice at the end of the day.

[nzmetal]

I agree with @jkahn on this (and much of what everyone else said above too). If you want to, give it a crack, can’t hurt Maybe you only post once every 6 months, but if it seems worthwhile at the time, why not?! For me it has evolved a little and I feel like now it is more a living document I will come back over time to revisit my journey and give perspective on where I am, where I’ve come from and how I got there. Not really in terms of practice as such, but more perhaps in terms of life and how my guitar journey has helped shaped that Still unsure exactly, but often I feel inspired to add another chapter and I have no doubt I will look back on them in time and find meaning

PS checked out that link you posted above in response to @Silvia80 and cracked up, that’s me in a nutshell! There were even videos in there I’m sure I’ve watched, including the Cannibal Corpse H.S.F. tute which surprised me that it made the cut! Clearly put together by someone with good taste

[BurnsRhythm]

I think we all see them as our own personal space for all sorts of guitar related stuff…and more.
I think we all respect each other’s personal space too.

Most of us have used the words “Learning Log” in the title. Not very creative eh!
I’d change mine if I could!