Take The Next Step in Your Songwriting

The Songwriter's Podcast with Anne Sibley

I am glad you are here! I hope you are inspired to ease off the break a little and roll into the next step with your songwriting after listening to today's episode. Always a good idea to have your journal nearby to answer some of these reflective questions like what are the next steps for your songwriting? Are you really comfortable staying where you are or might there be some much better rewards taking that next step?

**8-Week Songwriting Course that I run is online and I have space for one more songwriter to join us on this journey! Check it out at my website: www.annesibley.com

I sent this out today in my songwriting newsletter (and thanks for tuning in to the podcast!!)

What if today you took the next step in your songwriting?

If you have been staying in your comfort zone, I get it. I’ve been there. It’s comfortable. Actually, if you really looked at it, is it really all that comfortable? To not write the song, or sign up for the group, or share a song? Does that feel good?

Here’s my experience of not taking the next step: I feel heavy, and a low-level annoyance. I might get annoyed at kids leaving their dishes all over the kitchen. I feel tired, uninspired, and I’m just going through motions. Bored, maybe sorry for myself.

Here’s my experience when I DO take the next step (even the smallest next step like leaving the kitchen dirty and working on my new song):

I lose track of time. I feel alive. I have a bounce in my step. I remember I’ve been wanting to thank a friend for something and I text her. I head off to my next thing humming my new song. I smile at the next person I see and ask them how their day is going.

Does this resonate?

Try this exercise: SONGWRITING & YOUR COMFORT ZONE

What is the next step I want to be taking in my songwriting? Write a few sentences off the top of your head, the steps might surprise you.

Imagine you take one of these steps, are you more or less comfortable than you are now?

Ask a different question now, not about comfort but like this: How might I feel if I take that next step? What would I gain? What might I lose?

What is the reward(s) I get for staying in my comfort zone? (Basically you are finding out WHY you don’t take the next steps when you answer this one).

Now question that last answer, are they truly rewards?

Welcome home to your truth, I promise that taking the next step has rewards beyond what you can even imagine. Allow yourself to take it.

Yours in Songwriting,
Anne