Resolutions

The speaker reflects on the end of the year and the tradition of making resolutions. They discuss the goals they set for themselves in 2023 and express a desire to continuously evaluate and work towards their goals throughout the year, rather than waiting until the end. They also talk about starting a podcast as a way to express themselves and potentially generate income. The speaker encourages others to not wait to make changes in their lives and emphasizes the importance of taking action. They express hope for personal growth and success in the coming year. The speaker ends by wishing everyone a happy new year and expressing their commitment to continue podcasting. what up what up everybody what the business is man it's your boy TJ coming back with another episode of letters to you and man today is uh December 29th yeah so we're about three days out from the new year and and this is obviously like resolution time for most people for a lot of people i don't know this is most people but a lot of people like like to reflect on the way their year went the way it ended and like prepare you know their resolutions and reset goals and do all those those awesome things uh to start the new year off you know that's where the the gym thing comes from where everybody's at the gym you know on uh um January 1st and you know they kind of tail off you know in the next few weeks and whatnot and I got to thinking about the goals that I set for this year I had been thinking about damn near all year 2023 you know vocationally uh spiritually mentally and just like physically like all of those goals were there throughout the year 2023 and a lot of them I have met and a lot of them I haven't and 2024 is where everything just kind of comes to a head or the new year I should say because 2025 a lot of that stuff might be the same and I think my resolution for 2024 if I'm going to have one is going to be to not wait until the end of the year to think about my goals and and what I want going forward I think it needs to be like a continuous thing where you're constantly reevaluating where you are and where you want to be that way you're always you know have the potential to have a plan in motion and you know this podcast is one of those things in 2023 I was kind of fed up at work and wanted a a way to one express myself and the frustrations I was having you know in various areas of my life but also I wanted a way or an avenue to kind of help subsidize like a lot of my bills or my subsidize might not be the right word but just another avenue of income you know no matter how small to just kind of help uh supplement what I have going on already and this is this is a really cool thing to do I like doing it like and I think even if it doesn't pay me I'm gonna keep doing it you know like this is just one of those things that brings me joy and brings me a sense of peace and purpose I suppose and but that's going to be the new year resolution like to to constantly think about and push myself to action for the things that I want instead of waiting toward the end of the year um so I mean I hope you guys kind of have the same thing I hope you guys don't wait until you know the end of the year or or until it's too late to make those changes in your life that you want to make because you know life never ever stops man there's this music soul child song on his album called just listen and he has an album he has a song called time and the hook says time waits for nothing and everything is going to take its time like so if you start late you're still going to have to hit that learning curve take your time to do the learning curve which is going to take up you know that that space and time that you that you could have been doing the thing that you want to do so and it never stops you know it's a it's a frustrating place to be when you repeat the same day that you don't want to be a part of you know and I think and I pray and I hope and I wish for all of us to really make those changes especially in in our society today like we uh I live in in America you know I live in Texas and uh man this this place has so much opportunity and so much growth potential like really anybody could do damn near anything that they want to do and to waste it being unhappy doing something that you have to do or you feel like you have to do in order to to maybe make ends meet or to stay afloat or for any reason that's not bringing you satisfaction in your life like uh there's no excuse for that here so but it's each their own you know and I just want to wish a happy new year to all of you guys this is just kind of something that I've been you know mulling around in my head for a few days and I wanted to get it out and this would be my 10th episode and and I wanted to start the new year even though I was talking all that stuff about not waiting till the end of the year to do it but I start the new year off by putting this out and making it a public thing rather than to the friends and family that I've shared it with so far so so you know here's to to many more great pods to come and and just you know this time next year revisiting the goals that we set out as a podcast family and saying hey man we knocked all this stuff out like let's let's set some new ones like let's not repeat the same cycle of goal setting and goal failing every year let's knock it out and let's let's really grow this year so I pray that for y'all and I'm definitely going to take those steps to to have a different outcome at some point next year and be able to celebrate it even before the new year hits so god bless y'all and happy new year to y'all