Here’s a paradox for you. If you want to write great songs, do absolutely nothing. Except daydream - a lot.
Letting your mind wander at will is completely crucial for creativity to happen. Downtime, or as some people call it, intentional inaction, actually encourages those problem-solving “eureka moments” and it is as important to maintaining good mental health as sleep.
And if that sounds like total nonsense, well there’s a whole swath of scientific evidence to back up all those famous anecdotes of…
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