MOYD, "Master of Your Own Destiny", is a personal challenge where you commit to playing the piano for some amount of time every single day. It might be a few hours, it might be a few minutes - it doesn't matter - as long as you sit down and touch those keys!!!

It doesn't matter if it is a grand, an upright, or a digital. Nor does it matter if it is your piano or any other. If you are traveling and you come across an available piano and play for five minutes, it counts! Any piano, anywhere, for any amount of time will do the job.

If you miss a day you must come here and say so. Please report AFTER the fact. We only need to know when you DID miss playing - not that you "might not be able to play".

2018 will be the 14th year of MOYD on ABF.

MOYD RULES

1. Participating in MOYD requires you to sit on the piano bench and play something at least once daily. That's it. There is no minimum amount of time required. Five minutes counts... but more is better. Simply get to the piano everyday, let it become a habit, and see what good things happen to your piano skills.

2. If you are away from home (for business, or for personal reasons) , you don't have to practice/play that day. You go to the 'Excused list".

3. If you are sick, you don't have to practice/play. You go to the 'Excused list".

4. If you are at home, and you are not sick and you miss a day, you have to come here and tell us the sad story of what kept you from playing. Then you go to the "Back on the Wagon" list.

5. You may start late - however no new participants are accepted after September 30th. This is a hard deadline in fairness to everyone who has participated all year.

6. Everyone who has reported being away, being sick, falling off and getting back on the wagon, or who signs up late has the right to put the MOYD 2018 badge in their signatures on 31 December 2018.

HOW TO JOIN

Simply reply to this thread declaring your enthusiastic willingness to join in and be committed to the plan! I will check in regularly and update this first page with the information you provide.

Signature pictures will be offered to those who are 2018 MOYD winners. Below you will find the 2017 Siggies, for those who participated in 2017.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADDING IMAGES TO YOUR SIGNATURE:
1. Place your cursor on the desired icon,
2. right click,
3. go to properties,
4. copy the Url, or copy image address
5. go to your profile page signature box,
6. place cursor,
7. click on "enter an image" paste. ( add [img] before the address and [/img] after. The badge address should read [ img]http://forum.pianoworld.com//gallery/42/medium/9345.png[/img], without the space after the first bracket).
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So, 2017 MOYD'ers, grab a badge and display it proudly! You earned it with your hard work in 2017. Then, join in again for another year of fun with MOYD!

2018 MOYD participants:
Qazsedcft
Gibbsey
Michael.
dogperson
ClsscLib
gingko2
Anita Potter
Johan B
MeganR
casinitaly
SwissMS
FarmGirl
torquenale
jandz
Stubbie
late2thegame
Chili_Time
hreichgott
dynamobt
Terry Michael
fofig
MH1963
pianosuzemn
ChopinAddict
MDropout
alans
my58vw
PatrickBl
Morodiene
barbaram
Finfan
greywullf
zillybug
CLM Piano Learner
wouldloveto
scorpio
Soo
Greta99
Osho
SadieLady
Bsw
NobleHouse
PinkPianist
Tramy
Piano4Evr
Skullie
Micael K.
michaelvi
DrJeff
salzdt
CharlieBravoNine
WiseBuff
elenmirie
GidgetKeys
KaylaX
CLM Piano Learner

Excused Days:

Barbaram - Jan 19-20, March 10, Mar 28- April 4, July 20-18, Sept 3-6, Oct 22, Oct 27-29, Nov 16, 23
bSharp(C)yclist - March 30-April 6, Aug 5-9
casinitaly - March 14-18, April 28-30, May 20, June 10, July 10-16, 23-31, Sept. 7, 9, Oct 19
CLM Piano Learner - May 3-5, 8-10
ClsscLib - Feb 20-21, Mar 20,25, April 19, June 12, 21, 25, July 18-19, Aug 13, 15,16, Oct.18-19, 21-26. Nov 13-16
Downhill Fast - Oct 12-14
Finfan- July 11-26, Aug 21
dynamobt - May 28-June 6
fofig- Jan 17-18
Finfan- Sept 1-3
GidgetKeys - Feb 6, April 8, Aug 6, Aug 11, Nov 25
Greywulf - May 31, July 6,12, 24-25,Nov 22-23
Haunted Keys- April 26-27
Johan B - Jan 9
late2thegame - Jan 20
LadyAcadia - March 23, July 21, Aug 31, Oct 17,19,20
LarryShone - Nov 24-25
ly95- April 26-27
MeganR - Jan 23, Feb 20, April 26-27, July 7-8, Sept 29, Oct 21-22
MH1963 - Feb 17, April 9, May 24-29, July 16-31
michaelvi - Jluy 15-21, Ot 31-Nov 11
motoduc - June 16-17
Qazsedcft - April 29-May 3, Aug 5-6, Oct 31-Nov 3
Osho- March 26, June 14-16
PatrickBl - Jan 23-Feb 3, 23, 27, March 21-April 11, May 11-12. Aug 20, Oct 20-29, Nov 15, Nov 26-Dec 8
SadieLady - April 21-28
Skullie - Feb 6
Stubbie- Feb 26-Mar 6, June 17-30, Sept 10
SwissMS Sept 7, 8-9
pianosuzemn - March 31-April 7, April 18-20, July 21-28, Oct 18-22
torquenale- March 14-18, 20, April 10, July 10-19, Aug 29-30,Sept 24-25, Oct 24-Nov 5
TomLC - Sept 22-25
wouldloveto - April 10, July 15-21, Aug 26
zillybug - Jan 30, March 3-5, June 6-7

Back on the Wagon
Skulle - Jan 18
Anita Potter - Jan 27
dogperson - Feb 7
GidgetKeys May 4, Sept 4
LadyAcadia - May 7
barbaram - May 5, June 6
torquenale - Sept 23
LadyAcadia - Oct 8
GidgetKeys - Oct 22


Late Starters:
ly95 - Feb 3
ajames - Feb 6
motoduc - Feb 6
TomLC- Feb 21
LadyAcadia - Feb 22
Haunted Keys - March 5
casualObserver- May 13
folly - June 17
thepianoplayer416 -July 23
Smurfette - Aug 1
Downhill_Fast - Sept 25
LarryShone - Sept. 30

Of course, count me in.

Thanks SwissMS for maintaining this thread.

Count me in as well.
Thanks

Count me in.

Sign me up
Thanks so much for doing this!

I'm in. Thanks so much for all your hard work!

Sign me up! Thanks, Swiss MS.

I'm going to give this a whirl again. The one and only time (about 2 years ago) I attempted this I epically failed at it. I'm hoping this time around I won't.

Dear Swiss MS,

Sign me up for 2018! Thanks for making this thread for so many years.

Best regards,
Johan B

I'm in for 2018

Thanks!!!

Thanks for keeping track of us again this coming year SwissMs.

I hereby declare my enthusiastic willingness to commit to MOYD for 2018!

Thanks also for the new siggy badges!

Welcome everyone! This is a dedicated bunch. We are going to have another great year in 2018! I have added the following:
Qazsedcft
Gibbsey
Michael.
dogperson
ClsscLib
gingko2
Anita Potter
Johan B
MeganR
casinitaly
SwissMS

I'm in this year.
Hope I can make it.

Please count me in.

Welcome FarmGirl and torquenale! I will add you to the list.

Yes, please. I'd love to be included. This was a lot of fun last year. Thank you for hosting it again!

Count me in for 2018 and thank you, SwissMS, for riding herd on this bunch.

2017 was a good year at the piano; please add me to the 2018 MOYD list. Thank you.

I have been waiting for this. I'm in!

I declare my enthusiastic willingness to join in and be committed to the plan!

Sign me up, please! I swear this is what makes me practice some days!

It’s crazy how effective this is!

Oh-and please sign me up too!

Welcoming the following members to the list!
jandz
Stubbie
late2thegame
Chili_Time
hreichgott
dynamobt
Terry Michael

Hi all,

And here I am for the second year...! Count me in.

This helped me enormously last year!!!!

I will add you to the list, fofig!

Count me in! This is a great motivator!!

MH1963 - I will add you to the list!

Count me in! Thank you!

Sign me up again, please. Thank you!

Well, I had a year off from MOYD but am ready to start again for 2018!