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Yes, I am working on putting together a practice routine for myself. I'm going to be writing weekly lessons for myself and maybe even pick a few different pieces of orchestral music to focus on each week, almost as if I were still at school. 
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Good work! This is great.
I am thinking, though, of
listening systematically. Listening
in addition to playing.
If I understood you correctly, you had a very positive emotional reaction to listening backstage tonight. Perhaps you could build on this at home. Some advantages might be:
--you would enjoy it
--it would give you emotional support
--you might develop professionally (e.g. listen to violin works, string quartets?, other stuff that isn't your usual gig). Or maybe there are works that you have always wished you had time to listen to or to study better.
--it occupies time
--it could discourage unwelcome others from interrupting/bothering you
If this idea makes sense at all or appeals to you at all, perhaps you could get the music on your ipod or whatever before you even get home.