That’s a lot to think about! Because if I focus on Who am I? and Who do I want to be? then my actions will arise from being that person… being myself. I know one meditation practice just consists of sitting with the question “Who am I?” regularly over a long period of time. Hmmm… I do sometimes need to focus on what I want to achieve, otherwise I find myself floundering, but if I bring to that some focus on Who do I want to be? I bet that would be a different experience.

I hope you enjoy the rain! I remember several years ago, when my youngest was about a year and a half old, I had a breast infection (horrible! worse than the flu!), which caused me to just STOP everything, and focus on nursing the baby as much as I could, and resting. During those days, it started raining… and raining, and raining… and I so appreciated the time I had to just BE (ahem!) and watch the rain. I hope you take some time to do that! I treasure that time, breast infection and all. It was a wake-up call.

Many of us in life, I think, tend to focus on the DO and set our goals around what we think we want to achieve which is often influenced by external factors: peer groups, other people’s demands around us (these could be ‘perceived’ or ‘real’). We become too goal focused. People will often talk about what they DO rather than who they want to BE.

Focusing on the BE stimulates our own internal reflection and thinking… back to the inside out approach. You certainly need to BE before you can DO.

The question I should be asking myself is:’who/what do I want to be?’ and may be ‘who am I now?’ rather than ‘what do I want to achieve?’

(I was right… it’s raining!!!!)

Do you have any tips on how you “capture” your song ideas as you work on those relationships with songs? If somebody is going from noodlin’ to creating, how do you capture those ideas? What kind of tools (preferably simple and easy to use) do you use to capture your guitar playing and singing as you write? How do you approach going back to those ideas each day and building from them? I am planning a series of blog posts on “going from noodlin’ to creating” and this is one aspect I’d like to focus on. Let me know your thoughts. I’d love to incorporate it somehow, or maybe have a full blown contribution by you. Thanks so much and keep up the good work!

Best,
Ignacio

Have a great weekend! – it’s a Bank Holiday here in the UK (soooo… we usually expect rain!!)

P.S. It’s too funny that you mentioned how some folks mis-type your website and enter a porn star’s site…I told my Aunt to look up your blog once and she came back asking me, “Now, Susan, just what exactly are you looking up on the Internet!?!” Too funny

thanks ruth!

anna – it was great to talk with you too. i hope we meet in the future when I’m on my world tour – passing through the UK!

I loved the interview and thank you for making the time – I really do believe there is a strong link that maybe we can explore more in the future. I love interviewing people who bring a different aspect to business – and you certainly did.
Thanks again for making my day Anna xx