The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
It's always too early to quit.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Lots of people I know have bootlegged tapes of performances and if they play it I will be transported back sometimes with happiness, sometimes with horror.