Brett Eldredge On Staying Motivated In Quarantine

Brett Eldredge is keeping a cool head while under quarantine.

Brett Eldredge On Staying Motivated In Quarantine
Brett Eldredge; Photo credit: Michele Laurita

Brett Eldredge, like countless people all over the world, is currently confined to his home in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. With such a change in the usual routine, it is sometimes hard to stay productive and motivated while stuck at home. Eldredge seems to be managing well, however, and he shared some tips with Sounds Like Nashville.

We’re all in a weird time where it’s hard to stay focused, but I found that if I get accomplished at least one thing a day, and I can go to bed and be like, ‘I did that,’ then it helps me a lot,” he shared in a recent press interview. “I’ve been writing on my mirror little things to work on. I ordered these markers that I can write on the mirror — like an accountability thing, like, ‘Can you play this song on guitar yet?’ And then I’ll look in the mirror and I’ll see myself and I’ll see that, and that reminds me to work on some things as well as just go watch movies and listen to books. I’ve taken up trying to run and just be outside in nature if I can; get some fresh air at times too.”

One thing Eldredge is doing to stay productive is learning how to play the piano, and he does so without putting too much unnecessary pressure on himself, which he believes is another important part of staying motivated during quarantine.

“I found if I give myself, and this is the same for my own life when we’re not in a quarantine, living in the normal times or whatever that is, not trying to put too much pressure on myself,” he says. “Like, okay, if I didn’t practice for two hours on the piano today, and I watched and played games or whatever the whole time, I’m not going to put too much pressure on myself to try to shame myself or whatever.”

View this post on Instagram

POLAROIDS taught me a lot about living in the moment. With a Polaroid, you capture the beautiful imperfections of life. Maybe you weren’t posed right or your hair was all whacked out or someone was in the background looking like they are a zombie eating nachos, whatever it is, you aren’t swiping to find the perfect one, you take what you get and that’s LIFE. This journey has been fun and really is a huge part of the rawness my music has became over the past year. I will probably forever carry a Polaroid around with me, but it’s time to tell a little more of the story. I hope you are ready, because all of this being gone has gotten me very excited to show you somethin that hopefully you’ve never heard, let’s go.

A post shared by Brett Eldredge (@bretteldredge) on

Eldredge also expanded a bit on his new hobby of learning piano. As many of the new songs he released from upcoming album, Sunday Drive, are piano-driven, Eldredge says he’d love to be good enough to play his own songs on the piano in concert.

“Of course, we find bad habits in a time like this where you find yourself watching binge stuff, but I’ve also created a habit where, before bed every night, I play a part of a song that I really need to work on, and I’ll play it from beginning to that part, and then usually it’ll get a little bit better each day and I chip away at it,” Eldredge says. “I’m by no means going to be a Billy Joel or Mozart after this, but I may be able to at least play a song or two and have a little ‘nother piece of something I can maybe do in shows eventually or just as writing or whatever it is.”