I was sitting around playing and thinking about why it is that I feel so limited in my ability to play interesting things up the neck. I think I may have had a slight little breakthrough.
While I'm sure there's much more to it, I realized that my left hand positioning was making my fingers feel stiffer than they needed to feel. I think I need to start getting more of an arch in my wrist so my fingers can come down more perpendicularly to the fretboard. I have very small hands, so I need all the clearance I can get. I feel like this will help a lot in making slides/pull-offs feel more natural and easy.
Anyone else had this problem/revelation?