Hello, my friends, and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter podcast.

I'm your host, Antrice Wood.

And if you have been listening for a while, welcome back.

And if you are new here, I am so glad that you've found me.

Savvy Painter is the podcast for artists who want practical tactical tips to create a meaningful

art practice that is both

fulfilling and supports you. And if you are listening to this episode when it comes out,

happy new year to you. I am so excited for this year. I know crazy, right, considering,

but I still am. So if you're listening to this episode in

the first week of January, there is a particular kind of energy in the air right now. And

it's kind of loud, very future focused, full of opinions about who you should be by the end of the year. And even if you

are a person who genuinely wants to set goals, even if you like them, if you're a goal-oriented

A type personality, there's usually another part of you underneath all of that that's saying, like, can I just chill for a minute?

Can I just be?

And that's where I want to start today.

Because if you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you know I am a person who I love my goals.

I love my spreadsheets. I love my numbers. I love all of that

stuff. But I also love being grounded and really connected with the things that are important

to me. And so that's what we're going to be focusing on today. This episode isn't about avoiding goals.

As a matter of fact, inside Gros Studio, we're working on goals all this month. But before we do that,

before you decide what it is that you are aiming toward, I want to talk about something that

tends to get skipped over, especially this time of year.

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