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Hello friends, this is Timothy Kimo,
Brian, your head instigator for create

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art podcast, where I bring my over 30
years of experience in the arts and

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education world to help you tame your head
critic and create more than you consume.

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So this year in 2024, I'm doing a
series that's called making fun a habit.

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And that's all part of a book
by Michael Brennan who wrote it.

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It's called make fun of habit.

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It's a workbook that goes
through an entire month.

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And what I've decided to do is take
each day and make it into an episode.

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So there'll be 30 episodes
dedicated to this book or

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focused on this book actually.

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And I had Mike Vernon on my other
podcast, find a podcast about.

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Which you can find at find
a podcast about dot X, Y, Z.

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And he has a podcast.

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It's called creative chats.

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You again, links are going to be
in the show notes for you on that.

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So you don't have to
write that down right now.

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But what this book does is it's a
workbook and it helps you go through

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steps to rekindle fun in your life and
get back to where you're most creative.

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So each day has a different.

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This theme this episode's theme
is going to be on being present.

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Something that I really like that
Mike does is he breaks it down into

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an assignment for you where he'll give
you questions, action items, and tips.

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So basically I'm going to go
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And while I'm going through that for you,
think about, ways that you can be present.

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So let's go ahead with the questions.

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First, first question is when was the
last time you went on a long walk?

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What was that like and how did it feel?

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So it's been a long time
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I do have my little step tracker
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it's really been a long time for me.

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Going on a long walk by myself.

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I think I used to do it.

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Oh, probably in 2023 is I would walk
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day, just, for about 15 or 20 minutes.

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Nobody was bugging me.

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I was able to be alone with my
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And maybe I need to get back into that.

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For me, one thing that I do
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months and that is a hour.

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One hour out of two months where I'm
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the attention is just on me and I
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I have a very good massage therapist
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that's something I do for myself.

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And also I see a chiropractor
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I prefer the massage much better.

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So maybe I need to start
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Maybe you need to start
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Let's go on long walks.

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Together.

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Second question is, even if mobility
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undistracted and being in the moment?

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Again, I go back to my massage back
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coffee shops when I didn't have
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I'd go to the coffee shop and sit
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or every other day and just, absorb
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That is something that, yeah, I
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into for my own mental health
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Just focus on one thing and not let
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a piece of poetry or a sketch that I'm
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I will admit that right now.

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I like to be out in public
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I can go to a movie by myself.

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I'm one of those types of people
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perfectly fine alone myself, or
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something along those lines, a comic
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Third question is how can being fully
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With being present and being in
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sense of fun and play by blocking
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I'm a dad of twins.

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The third cat we just
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He lives down here with
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So you may hear him from time to time
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podcast again, his name is socks.

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I'm just, I'm crossing my fingers,
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really gets me in a better mindset.

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So that way I can accept
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Cause sometimes I can get too
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negative on certain things.

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So if I'm here in the moment, not
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about what happened in the past, but
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music or with one or two people just
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and being present with them and not.

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Thinking about the million of other
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that gets me in the right mindset.

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And I think for me, I need to be in
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So some days I don't feel like having
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problem, but that's how I get around it.

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So the action items that Mike
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take a few deep breaths.

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That's something I tell my kids all the
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true when we take a few deep breaths,
you can do meditation apps on your phone.

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You can, or on your watch or just
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do meditation in in multiple ways.

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And that really helps us get
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But the easiest and simplest way
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Think about what's going
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When you take those breaths, it gets
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which is pay attention to your senses.

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What are you feeling?

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Is there something that is not feeling
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the irritation that is not allowing you to
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Let's fix that.

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Whether we need to go to the doctor, the
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whatever you need to do to get rid of that
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And it could be a health condition.

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Whatever is bothering you.

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Find a way to remove that so that way
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Which leads into number three,
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So I do see a therapist every other month.

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I basically have what I call a doctor day.

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See my chiropractor, my massage
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And I do that every other month and
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other is how I schedule it for myself.

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And it does wonderful things.

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I'll think about what I, throughout
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I want to bring up to my therapist and
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my thoughts are and it slows them down
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miles an hour and that gets nothing done.

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And working on multiple things at
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But if I'm working at one thing and
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or being attentive to not worried,
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I feel a lot better.

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And when I feel better, My mental health
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My physical health is better.

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My physical health health is
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The fourth action item is to be curious.

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Look a, if you're watching me on YouTube,
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Things on my wall, the books on my
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four and a big old screen TV there.

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I am always curious.

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I want to meet new people.

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As you hear on interviews with the
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for them and then, share it with you.

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And then the last action item
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Am I going to be the number one
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Am I going to beat out Joe Rogan?

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No, I'm not.

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And I'm not worried about that
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My goal is to do this podcast and have
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and to communicate with you the things
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for me, struggles that I may be having,
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get back into to make my art better.

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I'm working on a poem, I'm not worried, is
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I'm not, betting the, I'm not
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poem or this next sketch.

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I'm just doing it because it does
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a task like that or finish a project.

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It does great work for me, again, with
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I put it out there and, hopefully you
reach back out to me and tell me what you

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like, tell me what you didn't like, or
give me ideas or ask to be on the show.

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That's my expectation is just to have some
fun with it, to spread the information

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that I have found that works for me and
maybe help somebody out along the way.

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And I think it's helping
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All right, Mike's tips.

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And there's six of them.

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Tip number one, set aside
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Put that in your calendar.

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We all have calendars that we're
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digital, or they're in our mind.

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Were 15, 20, 30 minutes, an hour,
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fit in, make it a habit, hence the
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Ingenious.

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Find a place where you're not going
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on that play time that you do need.

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You need to go see your doctor.

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You need to go see your friends.

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You need to, maybe see your family, get
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Don't worry about what you know,
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Don't worry about when your bills are due.

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Don't worry about how is
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What are we going to do tomorrow?

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Am I going to get to
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Am I going to get to do that tomorrow?

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We'll have challenges tomorrow.

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We'll have things that
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We'll leave that for tomorrow We have
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even today We have enough to worry about
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now Whether it's getting ready for bath
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or for homework or for whatever it is
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And that can be a hard thing for people
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you know you're on the spectrum or if
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Come on, create art podcast, not creative.

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Be creative with how you do your time.

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Maybe you do your time in 15
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you focus on writing your novel,
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Maybe that's how your brain
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to focus on the present moment.

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Maybe you put a big sign up
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And you make that sign with flowers
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off, whatever works for you to
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If things connect with others, there
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the same problems that you're having.

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It's one of the reasons
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I figured out other people are
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things that I've learned in my life.

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Why don't I go ahead and
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So that's why I do the podcast.

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That's why I attend conferences.

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That's why I do poetry reading
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with the people out there, connect
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poets and see other artists.

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So make sure that you're
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Get out of your four walls.

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And the last tip is to relax and let go.

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Just have fun with it.

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Don't stress it.

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If you don't get it perfect the
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Building a habit like
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You're not going to get it right
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Nobody is keeping score here.

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You're the only person
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So if you can stop keeping score
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that we should add on to this.

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Stop keeping score and
just have Enjoy the moment.

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Don't worry about the next moment.

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Just be in the moment you're in right now.

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Enjoy it.

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Savor it.

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Get everything you can out of it.

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The next moment will take care of itself.

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We'll, move to the next task at
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But right now, enjoy where you're at.

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I hope you've enjoyed this episode of
create art podcast, where we're talking

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about being present and being in the
moment, if you got something out of it,

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please feel free to give me an email.

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com.

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We have a YouTube channel.

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Obviously, if you're watching this
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You can put comments on the channel
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didn't like, but I really want this
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So I'm not doing something
that you need me to do.

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Or if you have a topic.

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That you would like me to talk about
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Email me, let me know.

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I would love to hear from you.

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I also have an Instagram account,
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Links are in the show notes there.

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I do run a newsletter.

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I'm getting away from it a little bit.

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I need to get back into planning out the
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management apps out to that's the cat.

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Hey, you guys got to hear from socks.

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That's right.

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Socks.

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You're adorable.

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Anyhow definitely check
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The links are in the show notes.

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I put it out about once a
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You've gotten any value
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Please let me know, shoot
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Or, from the website, you can leave
me a voicemail if you so desire.

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So definitely do that.

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I want this to be a five star podcast
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how it's going to be a five star podcast.

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And feel free to share it with a friend.

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Speaking about sharing this with a
friend, you can check out my other

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podcast, which is find a podcast about
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and find your next binge worthy podcast.

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You can find that one at find
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All right it's time for you
to get on with your day.

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I need to go ahead and get on with my day.

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It's been a pleasure talking with you and.

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I can't wait to hear what you're
doing in your neck of the woods

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with being present in the moment.

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So go out there and
tame that inner critic.

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Create more than you consume.

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Go out there and make some
art for somebody you love.

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Do it right now in this moment,

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make that art for somebody
you love yourself.

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I'll talk with you next time.