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I play the most amazing and beautiful sounding instrument in the world, the cello. I'm suppose to practice at least an hour or two every day for my lessons in preparation for the university symphony. The ritual I go through every time I practice is putting practicing off for as long as possible. There are several things a person can do to achieve this goal. When walking to sursa hall you can stop by the old music instruction building and see if there is anyone you know hanging out in the coke lobby. This is where all the musicians go to, to do homework or socialize.... maybe not the best combination. To get to the coke lobby you just enter through the lower doors of the old music instruction building facing McKinley. Once you have talked someone's ear off you can cross Riverside and go into Sursa. Depending on the time of day you can sit on the most comfortable couch at all of Ball State and look at the gorgeous light display on the far wall if it is night time. During the day you can just warm yourself up on the heated floors in the lobby. If I feel like wasting more time I will go upstairs to "my little spot." This is a corner opposite the stair case that over looks the scramble light. It's a corner that has chairs, couches, and tables. Once all procrastination has take in place, I go downstairs and follow the hallway past the choir room, past the bass room and into the cello room. Pull out my key and unlock my locker. I can decided to carry my case to a practice room or just pull out the cello. The next step is finding a practice room that has an accessible mirror since I need to be able to look at my hand and playing position. Then you just sit down and rework the same lines over and over again until you can play them seamlessly. This is how I practice.