As with most, or probably all, or non-professional pianists, it must be a common issue to find time for, and to make most of, i.e. make it most effective and efficient, practice time.
For that purpose, I make it a rule to spare at least five minutes to plan the practice for the day, often write down the most critical points to focus on, and/or issues to overcome, many of which are small details, e.g. try alternative fingerings for bars xx to xx for a particular piece.
When it comes to piano, as with many other pursuits, progress should be very slow. Therefore it is important to make steady progress each day of practice, however small it may be. Making the focal points clear is meant to ensure that small progress.
I also have a checklist consisting of approximately 100 items to check if I play right at any time, ranging from hand forms, breathing, posture to "sound landscape" in my brain. Since there are so many to think about and do right simultaneously, it requires patience and intelligence to make them "natural" to me, oftentimes requiring me to "unlearn" old bad habits, which is more challenging than learning new things.
One of the biggest "old bad habits" that I have come to unlearn just recently is to flex my wrists and forearms, learning at the same time to concentrate my full attention to fingertips placing them closer to the keys.
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