How I Learned to Turn Down All The Noise & Focus On What Moves The Needle
The biggest lightbulb moment no one told me about as a multi-passionate creative...
It was coming up to 8:30 last night and I had finished a late dinner after a really nice yin yoga class. A sad late meal, I will admit… one reminiscient of University days. Homemade bone broth, mixed with ramen noodles and a can of tuna I had just picked up for a few bucks. Yep. That’s where we’re at. Again. I seem to be consistently landing myself in financial despair once or twice a year. And enough is enough.
I felt angry at myself. Or maybe shame. I have all these great ideas and seemingly no traction. I felt like I could only focus on stupid shit. “Still fucking broke, eh?” I thought to myself. I sat with that thought for no more than 3 seconds and caught myself in my own game.
”Still.”
And here I’m wondering why I feel stuck…
Why Words Matter More Than You Think
When you’re “still” anything, that implies there’s no end and your subconscious mind looks for ways to prove that theory correct.
Simple change if you’re guilty as charged and wanna break the cycle.
Replace still, with currently and see what happens when you read that aloud.
Anything shift?
Then, take it to another level. 👉 Add practicing after currently. 💡
Whether it was “I am still angry”, “I am still waiting”, or “I am still broke”… adding more accuracy (via present tense and voluntary means) to my language helped me realize I was completely in control. 🤯
That’s what happened last night after my little pity party and self-coaching session.
That feeling sucked ass. So I decided to change it.
I sat down and wrote this instead.👇
This is a Theta 5Hz NeuroBEAT ™️ called GROUNDING. It’s a Binaural Beat. Please enjoy with headphones, that’s how Beats like these work. I’ll explain more in the discussion…
I wrote GROUNDING in one take on my Roland FP-E50, paired some ambient field recordings from my last trip to Australia and mixed and mastered. All in, start to finish, this song went from an idea to a mastered track in a little less than 3 hours. Not bad for a guy who 5 years ago was “just a drummer” and 5 hours prior was “still fucking broke”.
Who said I have a focusing problem…?
I had an identity problem, er… rather opportunity… An opportunity to change my lyrics and effectively, change my life.
If this resonates, maybe, just maybe… so do you.