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In my ideal world, I would write a song everyday. If I had no obligations, I would write a song everyday. So apparently in my ideal world I have no obligations… Yes, that definitely checks out.
It’s hard to describe the mental state I need to be in in order to write a song. Most often I wait until it happens to me, but earlier this week, I decided to make it happen. I decided to spruce up the description of the Facebook event for my “farewell Stockholm syndrome tour” to include a promise of a brand new song about my imminent departure.
I normally don’t do this- I hate fulfilling expectations, even my own (why am I like this??). But this time, it felt correct for me. I wanted to publicly declare my intention of writing a song, and in a way use the imagination of others to create a reality that I preferred. If more people expect me to write a song, I feel like that somehow helps the eventuality occur where I do write a song.
I think the crucial distinction here of why this didn’t backfire was that I wasn’t using the public declaration as a way of forcefully overriding the resistance. There was no resistance. I was in total alignment with the intention and felt totally casual about it- actually no pressure. So, in retrospect, the conditions were good. Look at me!
I feel like I finally found the key I’ve been searching for my whole life! I have inspiration on tap now- it’s like MAGIC!!
Tell me about your experiences with the inspiration tap and choosing to be creative!
Make sure to listen to episode 5 of the Self-Help Songwriter Podcast if you like hearing about the songwriting process. The other episodes too :D And let me know in a comment on Youtube or Instagram if you want me to share the song I’m referring to!