Sometimes the progress you get isn’t necessarily the progress you wanted or expected.

You might be trying to lose inches around your waist, only to get to measurement day and discover that result didn’t happen, but your shoulders, arms, and legs grew slightly bigger and more muscular.

Progress.

A really challenging exercise or song being learned on the guitar doesn’t sound any better, but you notice your fingers don’t hurt anymore from the biting of the strings, and your wrist technique has improved.

Progress.

Progress is change in a forward direction. Look for it everywhere, not just in the one thing on which you happen to be focusing.

Progress: notice it everywhere, celebrate it often, and keep trying to create it.

Progress.