You might have heard the phrase, “How you do one thing is how you do everything.” It’s one of those sayings that sounds a bit fluffy at first, but when you sit with it, especially as a songwriter, it starts to hit home.
This idea speaks to consistency, mindset and the small, daily choices that shape our creative lives. If you tend to rush through warm-ups or abandon songs when you get stuck, chances are that approach shows up elsewhere – in your editing, in your productivity, maybe even in your self-belief. The way you approach one element of your songwriting reflects the mindset you bring to all of it.
Building Better Habits One Song at a Time
In my recent YouTube video, I talk about four essential habits for songwriters that go beyond tips and tricks; they’re about setting up a life that supports your creativity. Removing friction, making small consistent improvements, structuring your time, and consuming content with purpose all play a role in transforming not just your output but your identity as a songwriter.
This ties directly into the idea that how you show up for songwriting is a mirror for how you show up in general. If you take a scattered, last-minute approach to finding time to write, it might reflect how you handle other responsibilities. But if you start to create space for songwriting, even five minutes a day, you’re practising self-discipline, self-respect, and creative integrity.
Why This Matters
If you want to write more songs, improve the quality of your work, or explore new creative directions, you need to start with your habits. Not just the flashy ones, but the quiet, consistent ones. Keeping your notebook to hand, setting a regular time to write, making tiny 1% improvements (another concept I talk about in the video) all build up to something bigger.
The way you treat your creative time is the way you treat your creative self.
What Can You Do Today?
- Watch the YouTube video on habits for songwriters to see where you might already be doing well and where there’s space to grow.
- Reflect on how you approach songwriting tasks: Do you rush? Do you delay? Do you plan? Do you overthink?
- Make one 1% change. Maybe it’s clearing a space for your instrument. Maybe it’s switching to a notebook you actually enjoy writing in. Maybe it’s listening to a podcast instead of scrolling.
Songwriting is never just about writing songs. It’s about building a way of life that allows your creativity to thrive. And that starts with how you do anything – because that’s how you’ll do everything.
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