Yo guys, what's up? It's Timmy Hamm, aka Sloth, back with another daily short. It's 2018, so crazy. January is almost over.
This beginning of this month has been crazy interesting. You know, usually I come into the new year like rocking and rolling. And there's just been so many things in the last couple of weeks that keep like kicking me off the path of starting this new year. So definitely the start of this year has been super interesting.
Unfortunately, I haven't been on the daily short, I haven't been on top of the podcast, but I've been able to think a little bit about what I want to do with this and like where I want to go and how I want to be consistent on it. So I'm really looking forward to this new year. If any of you guys are new, I'm an artist. I'm a designer, illustrator, all things creative.
And we're just chatting on this. So today's, I don't really have anything super specific planned. I was going to talk on a little subject that I was that I've been thinking about the last couple of weeks since 2018 came in. Just kind of kick these podcasts off.
So, you know, usually every year I set goals and I'm very detailed and I write them all down and I revisit them literally probably every single day and kind of meditate on them and really just like soak them in. And it's always been beneficial to me, you know, like I pretty much usually hit the goals that I set and you know, it's all gravy. But just thinking about this last year and all the accomplishments that I had and all the epic things that I did, you know, looking back on the year, it kind of felt like a blur to me and I wasn't, I don't know if sad is the right word, but I was a little maybe just a little disappointed. I don't know if that's the right word.
I mean, I was still happy with the year, but I feel like I maybe overlooked and didn't enjoy everything in between as much as I feel like I wanted to. And I was so focused on that goal and the goal and content and all that stuff that like a lot of the cool things that I was doing in the process of it, I wasn't as stoked on it. And so this year I I haven't totally said I'm going to do this, but this year I'm not sure I'm going to set specific goals. Usually every year I write kind of like a mission statement for the year who I am, what I'm going to do.
A lot of times year to year, it kind of just changes a little bit. But I think this year, what I might do is not necessarily write a ton of goals, maybe like one goal, but what I'm going to focus on is my mission statement on who I'm going to be this year and what I'm about, why I do what I do and all those reasons in between. And when I wake up and when I meditate and do all that stuff, that is what I'm going to focus on and not individual goals because I think I get too fixated on those goals and I end up missing the fun in the process sometimes. So I think if I do like a lifestyle thing, it might help me.
I don't know. I think thinking about the big picture because I kind of feel like if I write my mission statement and I'm explaining who exactly I am and everything I'm going to do that all those things that I need to accomplish are going to accomplish. And I'm not saying I don't like strategize and think about things that I need to do, but I think just putting it out there on who I am and not focused on the end goal, but just focused on this is my life and this is who I am. I might enjoy it a little bit more.
I don't know. It's a little scary to me because I've never been someone that doesn't write down goals. Just something I'm considering. If you guys have any like ideas or crazy things that you do every year, I'd love to hear it.
Drop a comment, tweet me at Timmy Hamm. Yeah, so let me know. I'm not gonna not have things that I want to do, but as they come up, if it's something that fits within my vision of who I am this year and it, and it really, really seems like something awesome, then I'll do it. But I don't think I'm going to set any preexisting goals like this year I have to do X, like this year I have to go here and do this because things come up every month for me where I get this really cool idea and then I usually go do it.
Or sometimes I get this really cool idea, but I had this goal that, you know, that I thought I wanted to do and I don't do it because of a different goal that I set. And so I think I kind of just want to leave it a little bit more open this year, open for experiences and flexibility and more just to enjoy the lifestyle of being a full time artist than filling my time up with goals that may or may not be in the right direction for me. And also, like I said, I just really want to try to enjoy this process of life that I'm in right now because I never know, you know, when it's going to end or, you know, how it's going to play out. And so yeah, I just really want to enjoy the process this year.
I think that's my number one goal. So not really anything crazy today's podcast. I'm still figuring a few things out on where I want to, where I want this podcast to go in the direction that I want it to go, but I definitely am going to be consistent on it this year. I'm super excited.
I have some really fun ideas, some really cool things. One of the ideas I have for one to do in the podcast, maybe once a month maybe, or once every two weeks is actually go to a retirement home and interview a different person each time and let them tell their life story. I think it'd be super cool to hear stories from people that are way older than us that have lived an insanely long life, that have a ton of like wisdom to share with us and just things that we could learn from them. And it would be just be cool to share their story.
So that's definitely one thing I have. I definitely want to interview a few more people and have that on here. And then just trying to think of other ways that I could add value on this little podcast. And I really want to aim for kids that are, you know, in high school and beginning years of college because I feel like it's such an important time where you're building your foundation and you're swayed from other people on what you should do, whether it's traditional work or not traditional work and conventional wisdom and doing the doing X, Y, and Z to get you to here and all that stuff.
I just feel like such an important time and that's definitely where I feel gravitated towards when I want to add value. And so hopefully I can aim for that a little bit better and I'm excited. I already have a handful of things planned for this next month that I'm just so stoked. So thanks everyone for an awesome 2017.
2018 is going to be epic. I'm really looking forward to getting this podcast up, up, up, up and going. It's going to be sick. So with that being said, guys, I'm out.
Hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend. Peace, love you.