You're listening to the savvy painter podcast and I am your host Antrice Wood. I started this

podcast back in 2014 because I knew that I could help inspire, connect, and give other artists practical ways of thinking so that you can create the art practice of your dreams.

Today we're focusing on setting goals today.

Many artists feel overwhelmed by just the idea of setting goals,

which is a common thing that we deal with and talk about in Growth Studio.

I coach on this a tonne.

And it's interesting how artists approach goals differently.

Some artists thrive on deadlines while others feel really, really pressured by that. So this episode won't be a step-by-step guide to

setting goals. That's a much longer conversation, but instead we're just going to focus

on what to do when you feel overwhelmed by your

goals, whether you've already set them or you're just thinking about it.

We're going to break it down and start by understanding why setting goals can be so overwhelming for

artists. Some people believe that they can't set goals because their brains just don't work that way.

Others have backgrounds in different industries maybe,

and they're used to setting goals,

but it feels really overwhelming when it applies to their art. So today I want to

show you that setting goals and achieving goals is a skill. It can be learned and

it is such a powerful tool for your growth as an artist.

So why set goals in the first place?

For artists who struggle with this, I'll explain why it's absolutely worth the effort, and for those who are used to setting goals, but start to feel overwhelmed when it applies to their art practice, we'll get to you in just a second. In Growth Studio, like I said, we focus a lot on goals and some

artists really resist even setting goals because they've set goals in the past and they failed to achieve them.

And that memory or that feeling of failure comes back every time they start to think about

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