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0:01Hey everyone and welcome to Painting
0:02Therapy podcast number three. It's my
0:05painting podcast where you can watch me
0:07paint a painting from start to finish
0:09and we talk about different subjects um
0:11regarding life. Today what we're going
0:13to talk about are New Year's
0:15resolutions. Tonight is New Year's and
0:17it's the night of fireworks, uh fun,
0:20drinking, partying, and resolutions. Uh,
0:24it's time to make a difference in your
0:26life and pick out some new goals for
0:292026. In today's painting podcast, I'm
0:32going to talk about some of my own
0:33resolutions and some of the top
0:35resolutions that people have uh, every
0:38year. And again, painting is painting
0:41from start to finish. If you want to
0:42support the podcast and you like the
0:45painting, check out the link below. you
0:47can purchase the painting and I'm going
0:49to use all the proceeds to that to get
0:51new equipment, microphones, things like
0:53that so I can just make the podcast
0:54better. I also want to give a shout out
0:56to Joey Bird who purchased the last
0:59painting from the last podcast. Not only
1:01that, he also signed up for my
1:03membership on my website on learning how
1:05to paint. Uh thanks a lot Joey. I really
1:08appreciate it and I just wanted to give
1:10you a shout out. Uh thank you for
1:12supporting the podcast. If you want to
1:14join my uh painting lesson website, make
1:17sure you head over to www.timggon.com.
1:22There's hundreds of painting lessons on
1:23there for you to learn. So, if you enjoy
1:26watching the painting being being
1:28created, but you want explanation on how
1:30it's created, make sure you check out my
1:32website. Today's podcast again is
1:35sponsored by nobody. Um, no sponsors
1:38yet, but this is only episode three, so
1:40maybe they are coming. We don't know.
1:42We'll find out. But for now, let's dive
1:45into this painting and talk about New
1:47Year's resolutions.
1:55All right, and welcome to Painting
1:56Therapy episode 3. I'm just going to
1:59start doing a painting here. We're going
2:00to talk about a few things. Christmas
2:03just ended. Uh holiday season's coming
2:05to a close and New Year's is coming up.
2:08So, you know what that means? That means
2:10a lot of people are going to be doing
2:13resolutions
2:15uh and trying to
2:18work on things about themselves or um
2:22make certain goals and all of that. So
2:25episode today, what I'm going to talk
2:27about is uh resolutions and if I have
2:31any and uh maybe some past resolutions
2:34that I've had uh whether I've completed
2:36them or not. That's one of the things
2:38that's interesting about um doing
2:41resolutions is that a lot of times sadly
2:45I mean myself included not uh no
2:48judgment of course but sadly we usually
2:53come up with some ideas you know uh we
2:55want to
2:57change some certain things or set
2:59certain goals and I think I read the
3:02other day and I'll I'll look this up and
3:04confirm but I think they said 88 88% of
3:08all New Year's resolutions fail. Uh
3:11people give up on them at a certain
3:13point. So it's great to create
3:17resolutions and goals. I think the new
3:19year always kind of gives us that
3:20motivation because it's the new year
3:23just signifies so much like it's the
3:25start of something new. It's the end of
3:28the old year and like oh have you had a
3:30bad year? It's like ah that year is
3:31finally over and now I can uh I can
3:34change some things about myself or I can
3:37work on things or set um a certain goal
3:40on like financial or health or whatever.
3:44Um, you know, resolutions are are are
3:48good in that aspect because it kind of
3:50gives us this good mental energy where
3:53we're like you have this sudden boost of
3:56motivation like I really want to change
3:59some things this year or work on some
4:00things this year. So, it's good cuz like
4:02I I think it's you know life can get
4:05mundane in a way because you know
4:08Groundhog's Day we do the same things
4:10like routine over and over which is
4:11really good. It's good to have routine.
4:13And I think consistency grounds us and
4:15keeps us sane but at the same time it
4:20gets boring too. So you know it's uh
4:23it's a double-edged sword. Um
4:25consistency and routine can become
4:28boring
4:30and then um we kind of get stuck in a
4:32rut and maybe we
4:36can't really commit to some of these new
4:39ideas that we have that we want to do.
4:41If painting is one of your New Year's
4:43resolutions, you know, I can help you
4:44out there. I have online painting
4:46lessons. You can check those out uh at
4:49my website, timger.com,
4:51and have hundreds of painting lessons.
4:53So, if painting is one of your New
4:56Year's resolutions,
4:58um you know, I hear that one a lot
5:00actually. Obviously, I'm a I teach
5:02people how to paint. So, uh, that's
5:05something I definitely hear quite often
5:08is, uh, this is the year that I'm going
5:10to start committing myself to painting.
5:13And, um, like I said, I can definitely
5:15help you out. You know, just watching
5:17here will probably help you, too. Like,
5:18maybe inspire you a little bit to pick
5:20up the brush a little bit more.
5:23So before I get into kind of the um
5:28resolution talk, I think, you know,
5:31that's a good conversation to have,
5:33especially if you're thinking, what am I
5:36going to do new this year? Um for
5:38myself, I just wanted to talk about uh
5:41the holidays. Uh for me, the holidays
5:44have been kind of like this thing that's
5:47been like kind of awful. like it's uh
5:52both my parents have passed away and
5:54really close together. Um if you don't
5:57know my story, I'll just recap really
5:59quick. Uh my mom passed away a few years
6:03ago to a stroke and uh she was
6:08relatively healthy. Uh you know, never
6:11really had any problems too much her
6:13whole life and uh just died suddenly.
6:17And uh that was pretty hard. I was super
6:19close to my mom and she was really big
6:22on Christmas. So,
6:25uh, she, you know, she had the little
6:27Christmas village that she'd put out
6:29every year and, um, it was, you know,
6:32the Christmas tree would go right up
6:34after Thanksgiving
6:36and, you know, Thanksgiving was always a
6:37big deal. We'd always have a really big
6:39family get together and uh go up to
6:43either my grandmother's house or one of
6:45my aunt's houses and uh we would all all
6:49get together on my mom's side of the
6:51family. We'd all get together, have
6:54Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun, lots
6:56of food and stuff like that. So, it was
6:57always uh all of this holiday uh time
7:00was always really big for me. And so for
7:03my mom, it was, you know, it was one of
7:05the best times of the year to celebrate
7:07celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving and
7:10all New Year's, all that. Um, so she
7:12passed away and obviously Christmas
7:16after that was kind of rough. You know,
7:18both of my grandparents had passed away,
7:19so traditions were already starting to
7:21change, but she passed away at a young
7:23age um just a couple years ago. And
7:29uh, so that was really hard. So then,
7:30you know, Christmas started being really
7:33different after that. For the first few
7:35years, I didn't even honestly care about
7:38Christmas at all because um you know, it
7:41was just a lot of hard memories because
7:44it was such an important holiday to my
7:46mom and she made it super fun for all of
7:48us there. She had four kids so there's
7:50four of us and we all felt the same way.
7:53She like went above and beyond making
7:55Christmas a super special fun time.
7:59So anyway, uh yeah, so Christmas was
8:02just not like this super
8:05um fun thing to do anymore after she
8:08passed away. And then 2 years after my
8:12mom died, uh my dad also died of stroke
8:16randomly. And um so then it like became
8:21so this is about four years total now. I
8:23think my mom died four years ago now. Uh
8:25my dad um was almost literally two years
8:29right after. And so this is like
8:34probably the I think second Christmas
8:36I've had without either one of them.
8:39And uh yeah, so I've always just been
8:42like, "Yeah, I don't really care about
8:45Christmas too much." And I didn't really
8:46have a whole lot to look forward to
8:49because all of those traditions were
8:51gone.
8:53Um, but this year, uh, with my
8:56girlfriend's family, we had a lot of
8:58fun. Um, it was probably the best
9:00Christmas I've had, you know, since my
9:03parents have passed away. So, uh, yeah,
9:06I really enjoyed Christmas this year. It
9:08was it was really fun to hang out with
9:10her family and we went bowling. Uh, we
9:13had drinks, we had food and stuff and,
9:17uh, I just had a good time. Um, I had a
9:21lot of we had a lot of laughs and stuff
9:23like that. So, uh, yeah, my Christmas
9:25was pretty good this year and, uh, I
9:28always just think every year it's going
9:29to be awful. So, I'm pretty happy that
9:31this year was much better. And I hope
9:34for all of you out there, um, I hope you
9:37guys had a good Christmas as well. And
9:40if you don't celebrate Christmas, um,
9:42you know, if it's Hanukkah or anything
9:44else, hope you had a good holiday
9:46season. Um, but now, like I said, the
9:50whole subject of this video is
9:54now it's time to start a new year
9:58and
10:01time to
10:03create some goals. I hate calling it
10:05resolutions. Like, I think resolution
10:08sounds like you're resolving something
10:10like an issue. Um, and I don't think,
10:14you know, we all have hang-ups in life
10:17and like times of rough patches and
10:20stuff like that. Um, but resolution is
10:24kind of an interesting word for um,
10:28setting goals.
10:30Anyway, it is called resolution, so
10:32we'll stick with that for now. But, um,
10:36yeah, for myself, um, I'll kind of get
10:38into that a little bit later, but I'm
10:39curious
10:41at this point in the video, I'm curious
10:44to hear if
10:47all of you have some resolutions that
10:51you're thinking of tackling. Um, like I
10:55said, 88% of resolutions,
10:58according to one study, um, people
11:03go back out on. Usually it'll stick with
11:05them for about a month and then after
11:09that just they kind of fade away, which
11:13I get it. You know, like we said, life
11:15is kind of like Groundhog's Day
11:16sometimes and you get into these um ruts
11:21or
11:23spells where you're, you know,
11:26kind of in this routine over and over
11:28and over again. And if that resolution
11:31really isn't part of that routine, then
11:34it will just kind of go by the wayside.
11:37All right, so not to segue out of that,
11:39but I wanted to give a shout out to Joey
11:43Bird from South Carolina. Uh Joey
11:46purchased the last painting I did on the
11:50painting therapy podcast, painting
11:52painting podcast. And um I sell I'm
11:56going to start selling well I am selling
11:59the paintings that I do um at a really
12:01low price um for
12:04the podcast to kind of help support the
12:07podcast. I want to try to um expand
12:11this. This is a big goal of mine. I'll
12:12talk about a little bit more especially
12:13when it comes to the resolution stuff,
12:16but uh one of my big goals is doing one
12:18of these podcasts every single week. And
12:23um so I'm selling the paintings that I
12:25do in the podcast. You can find the link
12:27down below and that money is going to go
12:31towards helping me buy new equipment,
12:34microphones, uh cameras. Hopefully I can
12:37actually get out of this closet studio
12:39at some point. Maybe someday I'll have
12:41some sponsors for this podcast and I can
12:45build uh my own studio. I got some big
12:48goals with this and I think I'm really
12:51excited about it. I think this will be
12:53really popular. I'm manifesting that it
12:55is and um I think it's fun to talk about
13:00certain subjects and watch somebody
13:02paint. I think watching somebody paint
13:03is therapeutic. And not only that, we
13:06get to talk about different things in
13:08life. some fun stuff, some maybe some
13:12sad stuff, maybe some tough things to
13:15talk about, but um all good because
13:18talking I've learned especially through
13:21like how you heard the story about my
13:22parents, talking through things is very
13:25difficult uh but I think important and I
13:29was very resistant to talking about
13:31stuff. I don't know. I think it's cuz
13:32it's it's kind of painful to talk about
13:34stuff.
13:36Uh but like I said, I'm not a therapist.
13:38I'm just an artist, but talking and is
13:42its own form of therapy. And then just,
13:44you know, watching somebody paint is
13:45kind of therapeutic as well. So, thanks
13:48again, Joey, uh, from South Carolina.
13:51And, uh, if you want to get this
13:53painting, which you obviously don't see
13:55the end of it yet, but, uh, check out
13:57the link below in the description and
13:59you can help support the podcast as
14:02well. Also, if you want to check out my
14:03online painting lessons at timggon.com
14:06or um you know, you can if you're a
14:09painter and uh painting is one of your
14:11resolutions and you want some nice paint
14:13brushes, check out my custom paint
14:16brushes. They're all handmade by
14:18Rosemary Brush Company out of the UK. Uh
14:20the best brushes you'll probably be able
14:22to find. So, check those out, too.
14:30So anyway, let's get back to
14:34the idea of resolutions.
14:39I just kind of mentioned a little bit of
14:41mine, but what I want to hear from you
14:43in the comments is some of your goals,
14:46some of your resolutions, or if you
14:49don't if you don't like resolutions and
14:52you think it's a dumb idea or um you
14:56know, anything like that. Like, let me
14:58know in the comments how you feel uh
15:01about resolutions or if you have one and
15:04uh we'll talk about it next time. I'll
15:05pick some of the comments next time and
15:08we'll talk about those resolutions and
15:11uh maybe um you know other people can
15:14give their opinions as well. Maybe
15:15they've also done those resolutions and
15:18uh we can have a nice discussion about
15:21it. So, let me know in the comments down
15:24below
15:29and then we'll talk about your
15:30resolutions next time on the next
15:34painting podcast.
15:54All right. So, if I were to guess on
15:57what the top five
16:02New Year's resolutions are, I don't
16:04know. I haven't looked this one up yet.
16:06But what I'm going to do is I'm going to
16:07guess what I think the top five are, and
16:11then I'm gonna look it up and let you
16:14guys know what they actually are based
16:16on whatever random survey that I find.
16:19Um, I'll probably just ask Mr. Good old
16:23Chat GBT, Mr. Know-it-All,
16:27um, what the top five are. So my opinion
16:33um I think the the easiest one would be
16:38I think most people's first resolution
16:41is uh they're going to change their
16:46exercise habits and they're going to
16:48exercise in 2026. I think that's going
16:51to be I think that's going to be the
16:52number one resolution. I think that's
16:55the one I always hear the most and um I
16:59think everybody knows that you know
17:02being healthy is important not only for
17:04your body but for your mind and I think
17:08that's why it's usually I don't know
17:11this but my guess is that's um that's
17:14why I would think it's number one uh
17:16just because you know it's health is
17:19important u also it's it's hard to do
17:22it's like you got to find the time to
17:25exercise. And I'll give you my opinions
17:28after. I'm a big exercise guy. I've been
17:31doing CrossFit for um like 8 years now.
17:35So, I'm really obsessed with exercise.
17:38So, I'd say in a way um exercise is
17:42really easy for me, but I built it into
17:44a habit. And I think that's what
17:45everybody wants to do is kind of
17:48start this resolution and hope that it
17:50just turns into this habit that they can
17:53um continue to do because let's be
17:56honest, exercising when you first start
17:58out is not fun and nobody really wants
18:02to do it. You got to find time for it.
18:04Sometimes that means you got to get up
18:06early.
18:08um you got to figure it out with other
18:11people because you know if you're in a
18:13relationship or if you have kids or um
18:17whatever you have to work around other
18:19people's schedules to make it work. So
18:21there's a lot of obstacles when it comes
18:23to um allowing exercise to be part of
18:27your life. It's definitely a super super
18:30important thing that I think everybody
18:32should do their absolute best to try to
18:36make time for. Um, and like I said, I
18:39know it's I know it's not super easy.
18:41Uh, I was a coach at a CrossFit gym for
18:43a while. Uh, I know how hard it can be
18:47for people to stay consistent, not only
18:49because of obstacles, but you know, like
18:50I said in the beginning, it's not always
18:53the most fun thing in the world to do.
18:56So especially starting out. My opinion
18:58though is that once it becomes a habit
19:02and you start liking it, it becomes
19:06super
19:07easy to commit to because it just makes
19:10you feel so good. It's just the problem
19:12is in the beginning it doesn't really
19:15feel that good. So um yeah, it's like a
19:19a tough one to really commit to if we're
19:24being honest. And uh I completely get
19:26it. So that's my guess for number one is
19:29that exercise
19:32is going to be the number one. And then
19:34closely related to that uh because my
19:37guess is that you know these things are
19:39somewhat separate is everybody um or the
19:43next resolution is going to be
19:46eating healthier. Um which for me that
19:50is one of my goals for 2026 is to eat
19:54healthy. I've got the exercise part
19:55down. I love exercising. It makes me
19:58feel super good. Um, I grew up in doing
20:02a lot of athletics. Uh, basketball,
20:04baseball, golf, soccer, whatever. You
20:06name it, I played it. And, uh, exercise
20:09is kind of kind of reminds me of doing
20:13those things. And I don't I don't really
20:16play basketball much anymore. I'm
20:17getting a little bit older. Uh, I'd like
20:18to play a little bit more. It's not
20:20really a resolution, but I'd like to
20:21incorporate that a little bit more in my
20:23life. Again, u I play golf, but I ride
20:26in a golf cart. So, um you know, it's
20:30it's not a massive amount of exercise.
20:32It is. Um but I do, you know, I I I do
20:36still play sports a little bit, but
20:38doing CrossFit and the gym is kind of
20:40more of almost like a competitive thing
20:42with myself, and it gives me that little
20:45thing that I miss from when I was
20:46younger.
20:52So anyway, uh diet I believe is
20:56something that people will will try to
20:59do um even if they're not exercising a
21:03lot because um you know dieting in
21:06general like eating healthy I should
21:08say. It's not really necessarily like
21:10trying to lose weight and whatever, but
21:12I'm going to put that as um as part of
21:15number two, and that's, you know, losing
21:17weight and dieting. And I think you can
21:19you can lose weight by just by just
21:22eating better. Um and you can be
21:24healthier by just eating better. And so
21:26I think that's going to be number two.
21:29Uh, I find that eating healthy because I
21:32am a sugar addict and I love to eat bad
21:38food. That's it's my favorite. So, uh,
21:42like over Christmas, I ate a ton of bad
21:45food. I ate McDonald's. Uh, I ate um
21:50snacks, candy bars, you name it. Cuz
21:53like it's more available during the
21:55holiday times. And uh I drank alcohol. I
21:59don't really drink that much in general.
22:01Um I I don't because I mean I I just
22:05think it affects my sleep and my health.
22:08So I don't I don't even like have casual
22:11drinks very often, but over Christmas I
22:13had uh more than I normally would. So uh
22:17so eating bad, having drinks, doing all
22:20that has made me feel like I'm really I
22:24need to eat better. I need to be
22:26healthier. And I think that's a lot of
22:28the reasons why resolutions come up is
22:29because over Christmas time we're doing
22:32so bad. We're eating such we're eating a
22:35lot of good food, too, but we're eating
22:36a lot of snacks and like we give
22:38ourselves the excuses, oh, it's just
22:40Christmas time. I can do whatever I
22:42want. So, um I think that's when stuff
22:47gets uh you know, we kind of get into
22:50these moments where we're like, "Holy, I
22:52am doing really bad right now, so I need
22:54to like smarten up." And that's where
22:56some of those resolutions come from is
22:58just really bad eating during Christmas
23:00time, which is for me. I got to I got to
23:03eat better. I I in general, I um I
23:07really want snacks. So, uh, it's just
23:10something lifestyle-wise for me that I
23:12definitely need to improve on. I've done
23:14good with it a few times in my life, but
23:16I always like revert back to eating, uh,
23:19a little bit of that. And I always give
23:20myself the excuse that I exercise so
23:22much that I can get away with it, but
23:24that's not really true. So, um, I
23:27definitely want to work on that myself.
23:30So, that's number two. My guess number
23:32two is, uh, eating healthy and losing
23:34weight. I got to think about number
23:37three. Uh, I think this is those are the
23:40obvious ones. Um, I think I think number
23:44three, and this is obviously just a
23:47guess. We'll look it up after, but I
23:50think number three might be something
23:52like um money goals. So, I want to save
23:56a certain amount of money uh or put a
23:59certain amount of money away for the
24:02year or contribute to, you know, my 401k
24:05more or my IRA or whatever you have. Um
24:08I think that's I think that's going to
24:10be number three are money goals. And I
24:12think that's something we all especially
24:14right now I think the economy is a
24:16little bit unpredictable. It's always
24:18kind of unpredictable in a way if you
24:20think about it. like everybody every
24:22government administration always says
24:23that their economy is the best economy
24:25ever and then all the the people
24:27disagree and say oh what are you guys
24:29talking about have you gone to the
24:31grocery store lately or you know have
24:33you paid rent lately so I think it's
24:36kind of funny that every
24:38presidential administration says oh yeah
24:41we've had the best economy ever and I
24:44think all the people are like what are
24:45you talking about so yeah money goals
24:47would be my guess for number
24:50Okay, before I continue with my guesses
24:53on
24:57what the top five New Year's resolutions
25:00are going to be. Um, put your five
25:03guesses down below in the comments and
25:04no cheating, no going ahead in the
25:06video, finding out the answer, and then
25:09getting them all perfectly correct. Uh
25:13yeah, enter them now down in the
25:14comments and we'll see how close all of
25:17us are in those top five New Year's
25:20resolutions. So the fourth one that's
25:23going to be quite a bit harder, I think.
25:26Uh let me think here for a second. What
25:29could be
25:31number four? Thinking also gives me an
25:34excuse to concentrate on my painting a
25:36little bit more.
25:38Um let me think. Number four, what would
25:42be?
25:43So, we did diet,
25:45exercise, money. What other big things?
25:49Okay, I'm going to say this is a good
25:52one. I I hope everybody does this one.
25:54And I'm going to say
25:57number four, which probably should be
26:00number one, but number four would be
26:04spending more time with their family.
26:07So, making more time talking to family
26:11members that maybe they don't see very
26:14often or um maybe if you have somewhat
26:19of an estranged relationship with
26:22someone, you reestablish that
26:25relationship or work on it or um you
26:28know along those lines. So, that's going
26:31to be my guess for um number four. And I
26:35know personally I could do that myself.
26:38Um, uh, we want to get a little bit more
26:40personal here. Um, you know, Christmas
26:42for me was always,
26:46you know, was a little bit rough
26:48because, um, and try not to hold too
26:52much judgment as I talk about this, but,
26:54uh,
26:56you know, I was really close with all of
26:58my family, my whole life, and that
27:00included um, you know, um, aunts and
27:04cousins and, uh, everything like that,
27:07like everybody. And like I mentioned
27:09before, we used to have big family
27:12gettogethers uh with my grandmother and
27:15aunts and everything like that. And um
27:22um
27:24sorry concentrating. Uh yeah, so with my
27:28aunts and cousins and everything,
27:30everybody would get together at my
27:31grandmother's house or one of my aunts
27:33houses. And I have a lot of aunts and
27:35cousins. And uh after my mother died,
27:40they became really absent. Um and I've
27:44always been really confused about why.
27:47Um and if we want to be completely
27:49honest, which part of this podcast for
27:52me is about being really honest about
27:54stuff. And honestly, you know what? I
27:55don't even care about telling the whole
27:57world about it. But um my aunts didn't
28:00really like my dad. So, um, since they
28:04didn't like my dad, I think they then
28:06decided they maybe didn't want to have
28:08anything to do with
28:11his kids now that my mom was gone, which
28:13is weird. Um, and I never really
28:15understood it, but they don't really
28:16talk to me. They don't really reach out.
28:18Um, and I don't really understand why.
28:20And so that's been really hard for me
28:22for, you know, holidays is um, the fact
28:25that they don't ever reach out or say
28:28anything or check on me. when my dad
28:30died, they none of them said anything to
28:32me. So, uh, which was surprising to me
28:35to not have anybody really even care
28:38that my dad had died 2 years after my
28:40mom. So, that was like a huge kind of
28:43deal for me. And I've held a lot of
28:45animosity about it. Um, and I'm not
28:48really sure what to do about it to be
28:49honest. But, um, getting back to their
28:51New Year's resolutions, I think maybe
28:53fixing the strange relationships um, is
28:56going to be one of the things on the
28:57list. And I don't, it's hard because,
29:01you know, in my brain and in my heart,
29:04I'm like, I don't want to work on it.
29:06Like, why should I put the effort into
29:09like repairing anything? Um, and it's
29:12not one of my resolutions now, but I can
29:14relate to anybody who might have those
29:17resolutions of wanting to maybe uh work
29:20on things with their family because, you
29:22know, I would love to have my family
29:24back to how it used to be. Um, and I
29:27again, like I said, out of complete
29:29honesty, I don't really understand why
29:31it's not like that. Um, and I can't read
29:34other people's minds.
29:36And I just assume that I'm, you know,
29:38since I'm related to my dad who wasn't
29:41as well-liked amongst some of my family
29:44members. He was for a long time, but
29:46then I don't really know what happened.
29:47You know, um, my parents were always
29:49pretty private about that stuff, so I
29:51don't really know really. But um
29:55yeah, where's I going with that? Oh, so
29:57I don't I don't um
30:01yeah, I don't get it. So it's it's kind
30:02of hard to like want to put effort into
30:04something that you don't really
30:05understand. But uh so like I said, it's
30:08not really my resolution yet. Maybe it
30:10will be eventually. I'm not there right
30:12now. Uh, I am trying to, you know,
30:15forgive and forget, but it's really hard
30:16to like,
30:18you know, forgive and forget when I
30:20don't really understand what's going on,
30:22I guess. Um, yeah, maybe you can give me
30:24some advice down in the comments below
30:26what you think. Um, again, not trying to
30:28get too too personal, but like I said,
30:31my whole idea with this podcast is I'm
30:34going to be honest about stuff and I
30:36really don't care. So, um, not that I
30:39don't care in like a negative sense, but
30:41I don't care like I'll tell the world my
30:43story. Um, so yeah, that will be my
30:47guess for number four is spending more
30:49time with family and uh maybe resolving
30:53conflicts with other family members.
31:28Okay, so I looked up the top five
31:32resolutions for 2026 based on surveys
31:35and polls uh that chat GBT could find.
31:39And I did surprisingly well in my
31:41guesses. And I promise I didn't look
31:43before I made all of my guesses. Um, but
31:49so according to what I found out, the
31:52top five, number one is exercise more.
31:55So I had I got that one right, but I
31:57think that one was pretty easy. Um, I'd
32:00have to say, uh, number two was be
32:04happier. Um, that's a really good one. I
32:07like that. I think, uh, I'll adopt that
32:10one as well for myself. Um, everybody
32:13wants to be happier, so I think that's a
32:16great goal to have.
32:18Uh, I didn't have that one in my list,
32:20but um, definitely a good one. Like I
32:23said, number three was eat healthier,
32:28so I had that as my number two. Um, but
32:32again, pretty pretty good pretty good
32:35guess there on that one. And then number
32:39uh four was save money, which I think I
32:43had that one as my number four. Um so
32:46again,
32:48I I promise I didn't look it up first. I
32:50was I was actually pretty good at
32:52guessing uh the resolutions, I guess. Um
32:56and then number five was
32:59um use less social media. So, which
33:03again a great uh a great resolution. Uh
33:07looking at the top 10, um if I can
33:09remember right, I don't have it right in
33:11front of me, but um spending more time
33:14with family was on there. I think it was
33:15like number seven if I remember
33:18correctly. Uh quitting smoking and
33:20drinking was one of the ones on there.
33:24Um
33:26and that's all I can remember, I think.
33:29Um, but yeah, so my guess is not bad.
33:33I'm curious how you did. Um, hopefully
33:36you posted your uh responses before I
33:39revealed the actual results. Um, but
33:44yeah, so
33:46really good resolution ideas. I think I
33:48think uh we're always trying to improve
33:50ourselves as much as we can and um if we
33:56can be successful in doing one of those
33:59things, I think that's that's a pretty
34:01big deal. So those are the top five.
34:06And again, that's just based on um
34:09a compilation of what chat GPT found for
34:13surveys and um
34:18polls. So, I'm I'm pretty sure that's
34:21pretty accurate. I think if u we were to
34:24do a kind of a random
34:27survey ourselves, we'd probably run into
34:29those same answers. It's usually the
34:32same type of stuff. And I think it's
34:33just the fact is that those are the
34:36things that usually affect our lives the
34:39most. Um you know our health, our eating
34:42habits, uh money,
34:45um you know, happiness, how much we use
34:48social media. We use social media a lot.
34:51Uh I'm definitely on the bandwagon of
34:55reducing social media. I think that's a
34:58good thing about podcasts. I'm not just,
35:00you know, saying this out of my own
35:02benefit or anything like that,
35:03especially starting this podcast, but um
35:06it's podcasts are nice because it kind
35:09of brings back the old school radio
35:11format in a way like where you know we
35:14used to sit and listen to radio shows
35:17and uh longer format interviews and and
35:20things like that. And we really got away
35:22from it once social media came around
35:24and it was all about kind of more like
35:28quick hit like 7-second video um like
35:32vines and and things like that Tik Tok
35:35um and it's just
35:38you know it's I think it eroded our
35:41attention span. So with like podcast
35:43things where you can watch longer format
35:46I think is really great because um I
35:49think it's a good practice in
35:52expanding our attention span. I know I
35:56think that's a big problem. There's a
35:58big a lot of problems with the movie
36:01industry itself. I think
36:04you it's hard to spend a lot of time
36:08creating something because it costs so
36:11much um like in the movie industry and
36:17also people are releasing things left
36:20and right with with Netflix and all the
36:22streaming media. It's it's kind of like
36:25it's kind of like the same pressure I I
36:27assume anyway that I feel creating
36:31things and that's I need to stay
36:34relevant in people's minds or they're
36:36going to forget about me. So I think
36:38that's the same with movies and music
36:40and everything like that. So what
36:41happens is you see quicker productions
36:44of things and uh and the quality goes
36:48down and uh I that's a kind of a big
36:52goal for me this year is I don't I don't
36:54want to lose any quality in what I do.
36:57You know I don't want to sacrifice the
36:59quality just so I can get stuff out
37:02there. So
37:04that means I have to do a couple things.
37:06I can either
37:08put less out or I can work a lot harder
37:12and um spend more hours painting and
37:16things like that. And I think it's going
37:16to be a balance. I'm not really sure
37:19exactly how it will work out. Um but you
37:23know, I'm excited to, you know, really
37:26put the effort in. And so speaking of
37:28that, I want to talk a little bit maybe
37:30about my own resolutions and goals for
37:33the year. And uh one of them is eating
37:36healthy. Eating healthier. I talked
37:38about having kind of a sweet tooth, kind
37:41of a sugar addiction. And um that's, you
37:46know, it's I'm 45 now and you know, my
37:50dad passed away from a stroke. My mom
37:52passed away from a stroke. They were
37:54both healthy people. My dad exercised
37:56his whole life, but his biggest problem
37:58was he didn't he didn't eat super
38:01healthy and he had high blood pressure.
38:03Um,
38:05and I know I know that affects, you
38:07know, having a stroke and everything
38:09like if you get diabetes, you're more
38:10likely to have a stroke. Um, so that's
38:13something that I'm definitely going to
38:15work on is eating healthier in the new
38:18year. And I am going to try to
38:22keep kind of like a journal of
38:23everything. and um try to really focus
38:26on,
38:28you know, being accountable because it's
38:32hard cuz like some of those things
38:33you're only being accountable to
38:35yourself really. Um nobody can like
38:40force you to eat well or anything they
38:42can ask you to but um it's hard to you
38:46know stay accountable I guess in a way.
38:48So I'm going to try to like journal
38:51about it and stuff like that. So, that's
38:52one of the resolutions for me is just
38:55eating better.
38:57Um, you know, I don't eat terrible, but
39:00uh I also don't want to get diabetes and
39:04um go the same route as my parents
39:07basically. So, uh eating healthier. Uh
39:11but the big one for me is um you know, I
39:14started it last year that was like
39:16really kind of refocusing on my own
39:20artwork. And if you follow my social
39:23media, you'll see that I've done a lot
39:25of the timeline tree paintings. And
39:28that's something I really, really love
39:29doing. And it's my own signature thing.
39:34And I think that's big for an artist to
39:37have your own thing that somebody can
39:39look at your paintings and say, "Oh,
39:41that's so and so." And that was always
39:43important for me to come up with a
39:46concept or an idea artistically that
39:49defines me as um or defines some of my
39:52paintings. And so I'll definitely keep
39:55working on that. But another thing is um
39:59doing this painting podcast. I think
40:01this was an idea I've had for a long
40:04time. I've always wanted to kind of talk
40:06about things and and show my work at the
40:09same time. And I didn't really know how
40:10to do it. I thought, you know, YouTube's
40:12a good way to do it, but it takes a lot
40:15of effort to sit here and paint and
40:17talk. I'm not necessarily a huge talker
40:20myself. Um, I'm starting to feel a
40:23little more comfortable with it.
40:24Obviously, doing these videos is only
40:26the third video I've done, but I've done
40:28a lot of painting lesson videos. The
40:30difference is when you're doing a
40:32painting lesson video, you're describing
40:35what you're doing. So, um there's a lot
40:39less pressure on, you know, coming up
40:41with ideas. You can just, you know,
40:43reference what you're doing and you're
40:44trying to explain,
40:46um to your audience exactly what you're
40:49doing. It's a lot easier than trying to
40:51sit here and talk off the cuff,
40:53especially when you're not, uh a talker,
40:56per se.
40:58So, one of my goals is to do these
41:01podcasts
41:03every week for a full year and um just
41:09keep at it. And I don't really have
41:13expectations in any sort of
41:17monetary or um
41:22like I don't have, you know, I don't
41:24expect to get a certain amount of
41:26subscribers or anything like that. My
41:27goal simply is to just
41:30do this because I I enjoy painting. Um,
41:35I'm not great at talking in a sense of
41:38like I don't necessarily enjoy it, but
41:41it's something that I've always kind of
41:43admired of people is that they're good
41:45at talking. They're good at just like
41:48um speaking off the cuff. Um, being able
41:50to talk to anybody and I don't have that
41:52skill and I think it's something I need
41:54to practice and
41:56u this will definitely
41:58help me practice that.
42:02So,
42:04if I do
42:07one, at least one, I might do more, but
42:10if I do one podcast per week, then that
42:15means at the end of this year,
42:18if I stick with it, I should have at
42:20least 50 because 52 weeks in a year,
42:22I've already done this will be my third
42:25one, and it's not even the new year yet.
42:27So, uh, by the end of next year,
42:31I should at least have 50 because I'm
42:33thinking, you know, there will be
42:34probably weeks where, um, if you get
42:37sick or, uh, something comes up, there's
42:40probably going to be a few obstacles
42:42here and there that prevent
42:44complete perfect
42:47um, dedication.
42:49you're gonna you're gonna have I mean,
42:52life does happen, so it's it's hard to
42:55predict that, you know, I'll always have
42:58100% of time, but I can I think I can
43:00predict that I'll be able to do 50. So,
43:04that's the goal. So, a year from now,
43:09at the end of 2026,
43:11I'll be talking to you about hopefully
43:15filming my 50th episode. And the cool
43:18thing is if you're into like
43:20manifestation or visualization, which
43:23I'm going to talk about more in future
43:25podcasts, but I really do believe in
43:29that. Uh I myself I'm religious, so I
43:32believe in prayer as well. Um, but even
43:36if you're not necessarily
43:39religious, um, when it comes to a
43:45specific denomination or,
43:48um,
43:50type of religion.
43:54Uh, there's a lot of information that
43:56shows that, you know, positive
43:57visualization and manifestation is
44:00really effective in creating a better
44:03life. And um you know, I'm sure there's
44:05science behind it. I plan to do a little
44:07bit more research on it, especially when
44:10I do some podcasts about it, but I
44:13myself have always visualized things
44:17without even knowing it. Like I daydream
44:19a lot. And a lot of the times when I
44:22used to like visualize stuff and like
44:25hope that it happened, it really would.
44:27And it's very interesting that that
44:29actually does occur. And so I'm a pretty
44:32firm believer that visualization and
44:36manifestation do work.
44:40So when it came to this podcast, I kind
44:42of visualized it becoming like really
44:45popular and successful and all that. And
44:47it's not necessarily that it's
44:49important. I'm not like putting any sort
44:52of um pressure on it to be super
44:55popular. I just think it's a cool idea
44:57to have a podcast where somebody's
45:01painting and you can watch something and
45:03then if if you're busy doing something,
45:06it's one of those things you can kind of
45:08watch a little bit and then still listen
45:11and then come back and and see the
45:13progress of the painting, which I think
45:16is kind of kind of a fun idea.
45:22Me myself, when I picture it, I just
45:23picture it doing really well. So, um,
45:26we'll see. We'll see. You know, 50
45:28episodes in, who knows? Um, that's a lot
45:32of that's a lot of time and effort into
45:34something. And I think that's part of
45:37why a visualization can work sometimes
45:39is if as long as you put in the the time
45:42and the effort into what you're trying
45:45to accomplish.
45:51Then I have uh you know I have some
45:54exercise goals. I into CrossFit. I
45:57haven't really written them down yet,
45:59but um I have some like weightlifting
46:02goals and uh some business related goals
46:06that I plan on kind of writing down and
46:10and trying to visualize happen and all
46:13that. So, um, nothing too specific as of
46:17right now, uh, that I I'm going to share
46:20on here, but, um, my big ones are eating
46:24healthy and
46:26staying committed to, uh, creating this
46:29painting podcast.
46:35So, I appreciate all your support. You
46:36guys help me make it successful by
46:40sharing with your friends, even just
46:41commenting down below. um you know
46:44taking part in in the process and I
46:47really appreciate that. I really
46:49appreciate all the people who have
46:51supported my work over the years for
46:53sure. It's uh
46:55obviously you know you can still be an
46:58artist without support but it's a lot
47:00nicer when you have people supporting
47:02your work. It gives you motivation and
47:05it gives you
47:07more of a reason to kind of continue
47:09what you're doing when people are so
47:11supportive and um fortunate very
47:15fortunate to have uh great people who
47:18follow my work and who have always been
47:20really supportive. So that definitely
47:22gives me the motivation to continue
47:24doing this and also my own uh the stuff
47:28that like my timeline paintings and
47:31stuff like that stuff that I really
47:33enjoy doing and hope that I can maybe
47:36leave a mark on the world with
47:38something. Um I think there's always a
47:41little bit of a if I'm honest there's a
47:43little bit of a ego thing when it comes
47:45to being a creator. you don't want to
47:48create stuff and then nobody looks at it
47:50and nobody cares. It's still fulfilling
47:54to do it, but um it's a lot more
47:56fulfilling when you get feedback and
48:00support from people.
48:05So, thanks again everybody for being
48:08supportive.
48:12So, I think New Year's resolutions,
48:14again, just kind of recapping what we
48:17talked about for the day. And that's I
48:19think they're really really great
48:21because it's it it's interesting that we
48:24do it at the beginning of the year, but
48:25it makes a lot of sense just because it
48:27is that time of year where it's like,
48:29"All right, new year. I'm going to try
48:33again at, you know, because you almost
48:37like re recap your year at the end of
48:39the year. You're like, "All right, it's
48:41a new year. How did this year go?" And
48:44if you, you know, had planned on
48:48doing specific things and you didn't,
48:50they didn't come to fruition, you kind
48:53of gave up, it's it's almost like
48:55another shot. You get to try again. And
48:58I think that's the cool thing um about
49:01New Year's resolutions is it gives us
49:04that chance because it's on the
49:06calendar. It's it's the start of a new
49:07year. Um,
49:10and
49:12it's like, okay, I got another shot at
49:14trying to uh lose weight or eat healthy.
49:18And it's a fresh start, so there's not a
49:20lot of there's not as much baggage if
49:22it's like you start at the end of the
49:24year like, oh, well, I'll just wait till
49:26the new year cuz I messed up this year.
49:29and um you're still thinking about that
49:31previous year. But when it's the start
49:33of a new year, it's like, okay, I don't
49:35have any more baggage about the year
49:38because it's the new year and I get to
49:40start fresh. Um in reality, it's just
49:44another day and we should always be
49:47thinking about trying to improve on
49:49things whether it's a new year or the
49:51middle of the year or what, but there is
49:54that symbolic thing and I love
49:55symbolism. I use a lot of it in my
49:58paintings. A lot of times people miss
49:59it. Um, which I think is kind of even
50:02cool too when people miss the symbolism
50:03of some of the paintings I do. Um,
50:06because it's kind of like my own little
50:09secret when I when I see somebody say
50:12something about a painting or uh, you
50:14know, give their opinion. It's I kind of
50:17want to chime in. Like there's a part of
50:19me that wants to chime in and be like,
50:20"No, this is what this is what I meant
50:22by doing this in a painting." Um, or
50:24this is what the painting means to me.
50:27because painting is subjective. So, you
50:29know, you get to make whatever meaning
50:31you want when you look at a piece of
50:32art. That's what's cool about it. Um,
50:35but being the artist, sometimes you're
50:37just like, "No, it's not it's not what
50:39it means or that's not how I feel about
50:43uh a certain thing. It's you're missing
50:45the symbolism or you're missing, you
50:47know, what this color meant or what this
50:50type of thing meant within a painting."
50:52It's almost almost like my own little
50:53secret. So, I always resist and don't I
50:57don't chime in because I think it's more
50:59fun to just let everybody
51:02have their thoughts and feelings about a
51:04painting whether it's right or not. Um
51:08cuz I don't think I guess that's not the
51:09right way to say it. I
51:12It's It's not that it's not right. It's
51:13just it means something different for
51:15them. But the person who created it um
51:17if you're trying to think what they
51:19thought then it's that's wrong. If that
51:21makes sense.
51:26probably not. I don't always make sense.
51:28I uh I do my best, but you know,
51:32being an introverted introverted
51:35artist,
51:37uh sometimes I don't always come across
51:41as clear as I'd like. But this is again,
51:43this is what this podcast is all about.
51:45I'm working on it. And uh hopefully you
51:48guys all have things you want to work
51:50on. I'd be curious. Again, I hope you
51:52share it in the comments down below. Uh
51:55I'm excited to read what people think,
51:58you know, discussing some of the things
51:59that we talked about today. And uh
52:03yeah,
52:07it has been fun. I'm still going to work
52:10on these clouds a little bit more. I
52:12like the idea. Um, one of the things I
52:15really enjoy seeing, and this is all
52:17just kind of out of my memory, uh, I
52:20like to paint things kind of just off
52:22the cuff. And, um, one of the things
52:26that's really cool sometimes is when
52:29there's a really bright blue sky and
52:32some like yellowish orange clouds. U,
52:38it's always kind of like a really pretty
52:41look.
52:43It's almost like a painting of new
52:46beginning like our whole
52:49because it's a lot of times you see
52:50clouds like this after a rainstorm later
52:53in the day and the sun is just kind of
52:58bouncing off the clouds in all
53:00directions and uh
53:03after a storm it's kind of like the same
53:05type of thing of like a new beginning.
53:07So, that's kind of how we'll look at
53:10this cloud formation here is it's a
53:13resolution cloud and we're looking for
53:17some new beginnings
53:19for 2026.
53:22So, I was trying to think of some tips
53:26um that have been effective for me. Um
53:30and I did jump ahead here in the
53:31painting a little bit and decided to go
53:33a little bit more contrasty. You as I
53:36was talking about the bright blue sky
53:38and the kind of orangey clouds, I kind
53:41of I wanted to make it even more
53:44dramatic. So, I just kind of made
53:47uh this part of the cloud darker and
53:50putting some more color onto it. Um
53:53anyway, uh like I said, if you want to
53:55learn painting lessons stuff, just make
53:57sure you check out my website,
53:59timggon.com. I have I do full
54:01explanation videos there. So, if that's
54:02what you're looking for rather than a
54:05podcast, make sure you check that out.
54:07Uh, but I was trying to think of maybe
54:09some advice that I could give for
54:12resolutions that I've stuck to. And I
54:14think exercise is one that I've really
54:17stuck to well. And then this another one
54:20was um, with the timeline tree
54:23paintings, I've really stuck to making a
54:25lot of those this year. and uh sometimes
54:28I don't necessarily feel like it and
54:30want to take a break from doing it.
54:33Um but I guess
54:37it's a lot of willpower, you know, to
54:39commit to something and then continue to
54:41do it. It's always easy to do it when
54:44you want to. It's the the part that's
54:47hard is when you don't want to do it,
54:50it's really easy not to do it. So, um,
54:53for me,
54:55I almost when I really want to do it, I
54:58I have a little conversation with
54:59myself. So, like if I really want to,
55:02um,
55:04eat healthier, I'll I'll sit down, I'll
55:08write down I like to write in a journal
55:10a little bit and, uh, I'll write some of
55:14my thoughts down about, you know, how I
55:15want to do this and it's really
55:17important that I stick to it, blah,
55:19blah, blah. And one thing I I say when I
55:22write something down is there will be a
55:25time I know there will be a time when I
55:28don't want to do this and I will have a
55:31day where I I just want to give up. And
55:34so what I tell myself is those are the
55:36days you have to do it. Um, so if
55:40there's ever a day you're like, I really
55:41don't want to do this today, that's
55:44that's the day that you definitely put
55:46the effort in and do whatever it is
55:51you're working on. And the reason why I
55:53think that's effective is because if you
55:55can overcome, you know, even if it's for
55:58five minutes, um, commit yourself to
56:02doing whatever resolution you're doing
56:05on the days that you really don't want
56:07to do it. Make yourself do it for like
56:095, 10, 15, 20 minutes. And what happens
56:13is, I think you get such a mental win
56:15from doing that, you start to gain this
56:18resilience. And um as you gain
56:21resilience,
56:22it's easier to do stuff on days that you
56:25don't want to. And then you start
56:26forming habits. And then when you have a
56:29habit, um you'll almost start to just
56:32feel bad if you don't do it. Um so for
56:36me,
56:37that resilience of doing something for 5
56:4010 minutes. What I did is when I didn't
56:43want to do like a timeline tree
56:45painting, I just didn't really feel like
56:47it, what I'd do is I would say, "Well,
56:50what I can do is I can I can tape off my
56:53canvas. I don't even have to paint
56:55today. I'll just I'll just tape it off
56:57and um I won't worry about painting it.
57:00I know I know the design I want to do
57:03and um you know, taping it off is kind
57:07of monotonous and easy. So, I'll just
57:10measure out my design and tape it off
57:12and that's all I'll do for the day. And
57:15what I found would happen for me is um I
57:19tape off the painting. And then I'd say,
57:22well, I got it taped off. Maybe I'll
57:24just paint like one layer in. I still
57:27don't really feel like doing it, but
57:29it's taped off. Why don't I get myself a
57:31head start for tomorrow? And eventually
57:35what I found myself doing is I would
57:36just end up painting half the painting
57:38um even when I didn't want to. And uh
57:41it's kind of interesting. I think the
57:44anticipation or
57:46uh the waiting to do something is the
57:49hardest part. The actual doing of the
57:51thing isn't the hard part. So it's
57:53you're going to go to the gym and
57:56exercise. It's not the actual exercise
57:58part that's the hard part. it's the
58:00getting up and going to the gym part.
58:02Um,
58:04so you know, depending on what your
58:08resolution is, it's all going to be a
58:09little bit different. But if you can
58:11find that you can
58:14start the action at least a little bit,
58:17even if it's 5 minutes, at least you can
58:19give yourself the accomplishment of
58:21saying, "Oh, I did it even though I
58:23didn't want to do it. I did a little
58:25bit." And you would be surprised at how
58:27much that builds. Um, so that would be
58:30my advice. If you're looking to do a New
58:33Year's resolution this year, no matter
58:35what it is, and you have those days
58:37where you're like, I just don't want to
58:38do this today. Those are the days that
58:41you should definitely do it. Even if
58:43it's just a little bit, because that's
58:45where you'll start forming in that
58:48really strong resilience. I always say
58:50if it can work for me, it can work for
58:52anybody because I
58:54have the most
58:57um
59:01of the I have a big artist mind. So that
59:04means that I procrastinate and I put
59:06stuff off. Um and that's something I
59:11really want to work on this year too is
59:13uh and I've gotten a lot better at it
59:15this year to be honest. And that's um
59:18when I have a task to do and I think
59:20about it when it comes to mind. I used
59:23to be like, well, I'll do that in a
59:25little bit. I'll do that later today.
59:27Well, now I
59:30will attack that task even if it's just
59:32a little bit. Even if it were um
59:36like just uploading part of a video or
59:39editing five minutes of a video, um I'll
59:43just get up and do it. So,
59:47it's all those little things that kind
59:48of really build up and really create
59:56that resilience to continue doing
59:58something. So, like I said, you don't
1:00:00feel like doing it, just do it a little
1:00:02bit. Even if it's even if you're just
1:00:06anything, just little bit. and just give
1:00:08yourself the reward and saying, "Oh,
1:00:09there at least I did a little bit even
1:00:13though I really didn't even want to do
1:00:15it at all." So, I've been talking a
1:00:18little bit about resilience and that's,
1:00:20you know, in regards to goals. Uh, one
1:00:22thing I'll kind of leave with today as I
1:00:26kind of wrap up this painting, you can
1:00:27see it's changed a little bit over the
1:00:30um
1:00:32the time frame of of this video. you
1:00:34know, I've been adjusting and changing
1:00:36things and that's something that really
1:00:39is important when it comes to painting.
1:00:41I think it's, you know, reflective of
1:00:45how life is, too. And that's um
1:00:49without resilience, you don't get the
1:00:52results that you'd you'd want to get.
1:00:54I'm starting to get pretty happy with
1:00:55this painting. Um, you know, there were
1:00:58phases where I I felt like, you know, I
1:01:00I really need to um adjust what's
1:01:04happening in this painting cuz it's not
1:01:06it's not looking the way I expect it to
1:01:08look. And, you know, it's it's kind of
1:01:11hard when I'm talking and uh thinking
1:01:15about specific things, but
1:01:19when it comes to painting, there's
1:01:21always a phase that's really kind of
1:01:23hard to get through. And I always call
1:01:26it, you know, the ugly phase. You'll
1:01:27hear other artists say the same thing.
1:01:30So, I was talking about um, you know,
1:01:32the hard stage of the painting, the ugly
1:01:35stage. And kind of hard to get through,
1:01:37and sometimes it can be one of those
1:01:39things where it's almost like defeating.
1:01:43Um, I said a whole bunch of stuff, but
1:01:44my technical difficulties, my phone had
1:01:48stopped recording, so I lost all that.
1:01:51Now I have to say it all again, which is
1:01:52fine. Um, but these these are kind of
1:01:54the fun things that you learn as you're
1:01:58creating something new like this, like
1:02:00the uh things to look out for and things
1:02:02that um might mess you up a little bit
1:02:06here and there. But that's a it's a fun
1:02:08learning process for sure. But my what I
1:02:11was getting at with
1:02:13what I was talking about earlier about
1:02:15the hard stage painting, I think that's
1:02:17going to be when it comes to the New
1:02:19Year's resolutions, that's kind of the
1:02:21same type of thing for anything. There's
1:02:23going to be uh like these hard stages
1:02:27here and there and and that's anything
1:02:29in life really. And as is with painting,
1:02:33if you can get through some of those
1:02:36hard stages, uh it you get so rewarded
1:02:40because you
1:02:42you know, you create something that you
1:02:44really like. It starts out, oh, I really
1:02:46don't like this. Um I don't know where
1:02:48I'm going with this. It's uh you know
1:02:51it's there's so many kind of re rel uh
1:02:55things that relate to hard things in
1:02:58life like if you're starting a new
1:03:00venture or whatever when it when it
1:03:01comes to painting. So, um, that's kind
1:03:04of what I'm what I was getting at is
1:03:06like, you know, I started this painting
1:03:08and there were a few things about it
1:03:11that I didn't really like and, um, I
1:03:14just kept plugging away, plugging away,
1:03:16plugging away and then I got to a stage
1:03:18where I really liked it. So, that's
1:03:21going to be the same thing with any of
1:03:23those resolutions or new goals that you
1:03:25set is there's going to be those moments
1:03:27where you're like, I really don't like
1:03:28this. I don't want to do this anymore.
1:03:30But those are the times that you just
1:03:32got to persevere a little bit and push
1:03:34through it. And those are the testing
1:03:36points. That's where you start creating
1:03:38new pathways in your brain and you know
1:03:41overcoming those moments of resistance.
1:03:45So painting and life definitely relate
1:03:49to each other quite a bit.
1:03:59So, just going to do a few more of these
1:04:02clouds here and I am going to wrap up my
1:04:06painting and this podcast. And I hope
1:04:10you enjoyed the discussion about New
1:04:13Year's resolutions.
1:04:15And if you have some New Year's
1:04:18resolutions that you plan on doing,
1:04:20comment down below and let me know uh
1:04:22what you what your new venture is going
1:04:25to be, uh your new goal in life. Um
1:04:28sometimes when you publicly post about
1:04:31it, it gives you a sort of feeling that
1:04:35you need to commit to it a little bit
1:04:37more. So I think it's good to um comment
1:04:41and say, "Oh, this is this is what my
1:04:42plan is for 2026." Um, obviously you
1:04:46don't have to, but I think, like I said,
1:04:48if you kind of publicly put it out
1:04:50there, then you're committing yourself a
1:04:52little bit more than you normally would.
1:04:55If it's just kind of like a a secret,
1:04:57then you don't you don't have to face
1:05:00that feeling of uh giving up if you do
1:05:03end up giving up on it. Um, it's it's
1:05:06almost like you're forcing yourself to
1:05:08be more committed to it.
1:05:11So, I'd be really curious to hear if any
1:05:14of those top five uh
1:05:20resolutions are on your list, if you
1:05:22plan on doing some of those types of
1:05:23things. Um, or if you have your own, I'd
1:05:29love to hear it. Any new hobbies? If you
1:05:31want to learn how to paint, please check
1:05:33out my website. Come join me. I'd be
1:05:35happy to teach you everything I know. I
1:05:38don't hold anything back and uh my
1:05:41lessons are you can watch them as many
1:05:44times as you want. You get to keep them
1:05:45forever. You get to download them to
1:05:47your hard drive. So you never lose them.
1:05:50So I think that's a a big benefit to the
1:05:52lessons that I provide is you don't have
1:05:54any sort of time limit with them. You
1:05:56can paint and then you know 5 years down
1:05:59the road uh you can you can open it up
1:06:02again and and uh do the same painting.
1:06:06All right. So, that's pretty much
1:06:08wrapping it up for me. Um, I'm just
1:06:10going to do just a little bit of
1:06:13detail on these clouds that are up in
1:06:16front just to
1:06:22kind of give them just a little bit of
1:06:23depth. Not a whole lot.
1:06:35So, I was thinking about my sign off
1:06:40and I kind of came up with a couple
1:06:42ideas for a sign off and I sat and
1:06:46thought about it. sat out on the beach
1:06:49last night in Miami and uh was thinking
1:06:55between the things that I had come up
1:06:56with and I appreciate all the people
1:06:58chiming in on
1:07:01coming up with a sign off phrase and I
1:07:04wanted to keep it really simple,
1:07:06something I can remember and repeat over
1:07:09and over without forgetting it. Um,
1:07:14so we'll reveal that here in just a
1:07:17minute as I wrap up this last bit
1:07:23of detail on this painting.
1:07:32So again, if you like this painting and
1:07:34you want to help support this new
1:07:36venture of mine of creating a painting
1:07:38podcast,
1:07:40uh you can purchase the painting at a
1:07:42low price. I'm keeping it nice and low,
1:07:45especially right now as I'm first kind
1:07:47of starting out this podcast. But if you
1:07:49want to help me out, I'm going to I
1:07:51definitely need a new uh sound setup for
1:07:54doing these videos in the future. I want
1:07:56to get really good sound quality,
1:07:59especially if I want to turn it into a
1:08:01podcast that you can just listen to as
1:08:03well. So, um, that's what I'll be
1:08:05looking to do is getting a microphone
1:08:09set up for
1:08:12future videos. So, if you want to help
1:08:13me out in supporting this new podcast,
1:08:17uh, you can purchase this painting and
1:08:21that will go towards buying some new
1:08:23equipment that I can use.
1:08:27as this podcast goes forward. And I hope
1:08:29you enjoy the subject matter. I hope you
1:08:31guys all have a great
1:08:332026.
1:08:39And remember,
1:08:41keep your mind creative.
1:08:44Until next time.

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