Have you ever had the kind of day where everything just fell into place? Where you felt great, nothing seemed to phase you and everyone around you was on your side? The day flies by, stuff just gets done, and before you know it you’re falling into bed with a smile on your face, a little amazed at how easy it all was?
Or is it more like a struggle? Squeezing yourself into a space on the train that turns up late, resisting every call you have to make, staring at a blank computer screen or shouting at your kids? Another week of feeling too tired, too stressed, depressed and anxious.
Which “you” sounds more like you?
As a professional singer, I learnt to do some really fun things with my voice (stick with me here). I once discovered at college that I could make the metal light fittings above my head “buzz” whenever I sang a specific note. It wasn’t an ear-shattering, glass breaking diva note, just a high-ish note that just happened to be the exact frequency for the metal in the light fitting to join in. It was kind of fun to make it buzz along with me. I imagined it was gleefully having its own “I am what I am” kind of moment…:)
When I have the kind of day that feels “perfect” – when conversations flow and ideas just come to me and the kids are like angels and I manage to avoid eating anything fattening – these are days when I know I am buzzing in harmony with what I want.
When you get into a groove, you know that your frequency is matching. You are in tune with the same exciting vibe that brings the train on time, that has that perfect person show up right when you need them, that means you somehow still lose weight despite blowing it all on an Indian takeaway the night before.
How would you like to have more of these “perfect” days?
- Learn how to tune your strings. Anyone who has learnt to play a guitar or a violin will tell you that learning to “tune up” means knowing when you hear the right frequency. You tweak and turn your strings for a while before you get the frequency totally right, and the more you practise, the easier it gets. Pretty soon you can confidently tune your instrument fast and accurately. Your emotions, my friend, are just like these strings. You need to keep tweaking and testing how you feel during the day to start getting the hang of “tuning you”. When do you feel at your best? What makes you “buzz”? Do the people you hang out with energise you or drag you down?
- Actively search for situations that keep up the buzz. Now you know what zips your strings, keep alive to these moments, and start to enjoy them even more. The more you vibrate at this level, the more the world will want to buzz along with you.
- Stay away from the vibe crushers. Have you ever seen a guitar player suddenly bring their hand down on the strings at the end of a song, killing the vibration? Boom. Silence. Do you want to be in situations where a person or problem shuts off your vibe? No thanks. Spend as much time as you can away from “dampeners”, people who like to sit on your strings and bring you down, and look for people who amplify your buzz instead.
- Stuff changes, so don’t forget to constantly tweak. As a professional singer and musician, my training allows me to hear differences in frequency that only musically trained people can detect. For me, a note only has to be out by the tiniest fraction for it to sound “flat” or “sharp”. So you must be prepared to tweak it, and tweak it constantly. Remember that you are a changing and evolving creature who lives and breathes in a world that changes too. What buzzes you NOW may not create the same vibe a few months down the line. When your circumstances change, make sure you adjust your tuning to keep your buzz in a “sweet spot”.
So be like a guitar and start making some music!
I would love to hear your thoughts on ways to get buzzy – don’t forget to share them with other Tiny Tribesters below!
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I had one of those “out of tune” days just yesterday. Ironically in this case, I think it’s because of the music we play constantly in the office. Sometimes – if I’ve already got out of bed wrong – the music makes it worse and turns my brain to mush by the end of the day.
For me the trick is to become consciously aware of the funk I’m in. Once that happens I can take a time out and break the pattern, but I don’t always manage it.
Fantastic post! Thank you…
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