Locking in

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:00]I can't.

[00:00:13]I think the title of this video is just simply going to be logging in because it is time that I do. So, I have so much stuff going on right now, guys. Oh, also, hi, welcome and welcome back to the vlog. Thanks for being here on my channel. And if you are not new here, you know that I have a thousand and1 things going on right now. I'm going to try to do two separate workouts today.

[00:00:32]Eat clean all day, but also I'm trying to get businesses off the ground. So, I think I have a lot to explain to you guys and a lot to go over because I don't think I've done a great job of doing that. So, welcome to the vlog where I lock in. Okay, as you can see, bed is made behind me. I read something like a thousand years ago that I know you guys probably did too, that millionaires make their beds every morning. I don't know if that's true, but I'm trying to I'm trying to be a millionaire someday. I am going to do my laundry now. And today is just all going to be about focusing and zoning in on honestly what really matters. So, I am going to do simply that. I'm planning on getting at least 10K steps in today. I'm eating healthy and I really need to explain to you guys what's going on with my business while I put away my laundry.

[00:01:16]In my vlog 2 weeks ago, I think I had a vlog and it said big announcement and somebody commented and was like where's the announcement? And I was like great point. I wasn't really like I have an announcement because I hadn't announced the news yet on Instagram. My announcement is that I officially started my art business called By Klein.

[00:01:32]It is a Instagram account that I've had since I was literally in high school and I've just been posting all of my art projects on there. Photography, videography, animation, my capstone pieces, paintings, literally whatever. I have been posting it on by Klein. So, I officially applied for an LLC and got it and went through that whole process of lawyers and banking and blah blah blah, all the not fun stuff. Now that I have officially gotten that LLC, I am an official business owner. So, that was the big announcement. And basically what I'm doing is taking art commissions. So, I'm doing painting commissions. So, when I take you guys downstairs, I'm going to show you all of my current paintings that I'm working on because it's something that I want to kind of build up a little bit more of a posting portfolio, but I'm I'm already taking commissions. I already have three lined up. So, my official website will be open for commissions probably within the next month or so, which is super exciting.

[00:02:31]I'm going to finish doing these chores and then I'll take you downstairs to see all the paintings I've been working on.

[00:02:50]view.

[00:02:53]>> Okay, we're downstairs. Let me show you what I've been working on. Also, this Roomba, every day he gets slurped up on my tarp. Just go back home, buddy. Okay.

[00:03:04]Any canvas that like looks like this, Luke made for me by hand. Oh my gosh, a cat must have gotten involved there. But I just think that is adorable. This is like my prized possession right now.

[00:03:17]It's what I've been working on for like hours at a time, but I just absolutely love how this is turning out. I'm not sure what to do with the tablecloth yet.

[00:03:24]Um, that pink is kind of just like my underpainting. So, I don't know if I want to keep the background pink or if I should make a pattern. I don't know. I haven't decided yet. And this is my first ever commission piece that I'm working on for my good friend. Her name is Aaron. And this is going to be the first piece of completely original art that she's going to have in her house.

[00:03:42]So, I am actually in love with it how it is right now, but it definitely still needs some more layers and then some varnishing. And then, of course, I have to pack it still. So, that's kind of what I'm working on. All right, the Roomba is getting to work. I am really excited to like lock in today cuz I feel like I have kind of been locked in all month just getting things off the ground and honestly focusing so hard on myself that I have not had time for anything else. I've been very much tunnel vision.

[00:04:08]That's I feel like new for me. I feel like I have never worked so hard for things at a time with between cutting vlogs for YouTube, posting weekly on Thursdays and being consistent with that, creating all of these paintings and canvases and like using my creativity to its full extent. Also trying to get my physical in shape and focusing on prepping my body to be healthy for Miami Swim Week. I have so many things going on with DCC right now.

[00:04:35]We have tons of appearances and shows in the offseason. And so I feel like this month I have been nothing but like tunnel vision on my goals which is really inspiring for me because I don't think I've ever been like that unless we're talking about when I tried out for DCC my rookie year. I was very tunnel vision then too. So it's kind of exciting to be back in this place. But let's get back into the routine.

[00:05:02]Oh gosh, I am the worst at making eggs.

[00:05:04]Not making eggs, but cracking them for sure. Also, happy Mother's Day. At the time that I'm filming this, it's Mother's Day. I hope you're all enjoying the day with your families and friends.

[00:05:15]And happy Mother's Day to all the moms, adoptive moms, foster moms, cat moms like myself.

[00:05:22]I just hope everyone's having a very blessed and happy day. And happy Mother's Day to my mom. Shout out to the Beexter. I don't know if you'll see this, but if you do, sometime in the near future. Happy Mother's Day, guys.

[00:05:35]I'm almost out of coffee.

[00:05:37]What am I going to do? One more, I guess. Breakfast loading. I'll chat soon. Cheers. Okay, so eggs for me are really easy in the morning, even though I can't crack an egg to save my life.

[00:05:49]Um, but Luke and I always buy these 5 lb bags of spinach, and so I just do like a spinach egg scramble, and it makes me feel really, really healthy. So, y'all better not take y'all's vitamins on an empty stomach. I tell you what, that nausea hits me so quick. I've got to stop doing that. I need to take my vitamins after I eat because the way that's happened to me twice now. Only twice. But like I had my food right there in front of me and then of course I like got a call. So I had to run upstairs and grab my phone. And by the time I got off the It was like a two-minute phone call. By the time I got off the phone, I had a wave of nausea come over me. And I said, "I'm about to nerd out on y'all." But I I took the biggest deep breath.

[00:06:31]And y'all know like in the animes when they're trying to overcome something.

[00:06:38]Literally anytime I face any sort of hardship, I'm like, "Okay, what would they do in the anime?" And I'm always like, and so I was like willing to the nausea to subside. So I ran down here. I just shoveled the food in my mouth. And of course, I'm like so much better because I ate my vitamins on an empty stomach.

[00:06:57]Don't do that, y'all. And I didn't even mean to. It just happened. But anyways, my sugar-free latte is hitting today.

[00:07:04]I'm going to do a quick little clean up around the kitchen and then get started on my day.

[00:07:12]Guys, it is so gloomy today. So, here's my plan. I'm going to do a project and then a workout and then a project and then a workout. So, that way I'm like not sedentary for for hours and hours on end. So, we're starting off with some vlog cutting. I love gloomy days. They don't help with my productivity, but I do love them. Here I go. So, I need to get like three vlogs prepared so I can post them out in one week intervals so they can still go out on Thursdays. But guys, I have the freaking craziest travels coming up. And I don't know why this always happens to me, but I have Miami Swim Week at the end of this month. The day that I get back from Miami Swim Week, I'm going on a styled wedding shoot in Grand Tetons. I'm so excited for that. But that's going to be the next four or five days. And then I'm back for one day in Dallas. And then I fly home to Kentucky for my sister's engagement party that I have to plan also and just to see family, whatever.

[00:08:15]Well, then I'm teaching at the University of Kentucky on that Wednesday. Then I fly to Rhode Island for my friend's bachelorette party that I am also planning because I am the matron of honor along with our other best college friend who's the maid of honor. So I didn't realize that all of those things were back to back to back to back. Okay, timer is starting now and I'm starting 2 minutes early. So I'm actually working for 47 minutes. Let's go.

[00:09:10]time. the bad music.

[00:09:12]>> Okay, we're going to do the Pilates by Izzy 20-minute Pilates abs workout. I'm needing some core work here. Let's do it. Big big breath in to prepare. Lower your chest. We have another seven. Make sure you're still plugging your belly button down towards the spine. Four.

[00:09:33]Last three. We add that rotation in.

[00:09:37]Good. In two.

[00:09:40]Inhale. We lower down. Rotate. Feel that left shoulder blade. Give yourself some love for showing up today. Well, now I'm hungry. So, let's order a little food.

[00:09:51]And then I'm going to map out my next painting because I have a vision. Come say hi. Look, it's your friends on the vlog. You want to come say hi? You do?

[00:10:04]Come on. Come here.

[00:10:08]Food has been ordered. Let's clean up.

[00:10:11]Man, this table is heavy. I really wanted to do a walk for my next workout and get a bunch of steps in, but it's been raining all day. As much as I love the rain and the gloom, it's not great for getting your steps in outside. I'm going to plan out my next painting on Procreate. So, I'm going to go grab my iPad. I wanted to give you guys a size comparison of this painting. It's going to be my largest painting ever for my second commission, which is absolutely insane. But this is a handbuilt canvas that Luke made for me because he makes all of my canvases that I cannot buy in stores. Otherwise, they would literally be $300 a canvas. So, okay, here it is.

[00:10:56]Also, don't mind me. Michaelels was having a sale. I got three of these for the price of one. I don't want to hear it, but this freaking canvas, y'all. It is literally as big as I am and it's very heavy. I figured while I was planning the content of the piece, I would just go ahead and prime the canvas. I think the actual size of this is 50x60.

[00:11:21]So, my first commission that I'm doing is 40 by 50. This is 10 in larger than that on both sides. So, yeah. Crazy. I'm going work on this one a little bit more tomorrow. Okay, let's bring the big papa in. Here we go. Wow. I feel like a white canvas is always pretty daunting, but as soon as I start to prime it and prep the canvas and then do the underpainting and the sketch, it won't look that scary.

[00:11:46]Wow. Okay, let's get started.

[00:11:58]I actually ended up doing two paintings, so that'll save me some time later. And my food is here. I'm actually really, really hungry. Also, I fed the cats, so now we can eat at the same time. Oh, and I have a package that is absolutely soaking wet out here. Oh my gosh, it is soaking wet. I ordered sweet green. I also have this really bad habit where I like can't sit still or eat until I have done the chores that I've been thinking about doing all day. So, I'm just going to grab some towels, do some laundry.

[00:12:31]Okay, I'm going to wash my towel and I'll wash Luke's. I need to be careful cuz this canvas is so freaking wet with paint. I wish I could move it somewhere else because I'm afraid my cats are going to get paint on their butts again.

[00:12:50]Now, let's go eat. Here's what I got from Sweet Green. It's the chicken pesto bowl, and I got it with everything on it, plus I added like carrots and avocado. Yum. I fully just put my shoes on and put pants on and was going to go outside and get some steps, and it's still raining and actively thunderstorming. So, I don't think that would be smart of me to walk around outside in the rain, in the dark, with an umbrella. So, I think I'm going to have to do another little YouTube situation and then do another project.

[00:13:17]So, let's move that dang heavy table again. Okay, I did not feel like moving that table again. So, found a YouTube video by Mad Fit, which I used to love her stuff forever ago. But, um, this is her 20 minute full body workout.

[00:13:41]Those mad fits work. out. What?

[00:13:45]What? Those Mad Fit workouts will get you crazy good. Okay, sorry everyone. I just had a stroke. Okay, for the second time today, I'm putting this mat up.

[00:13:56]Let's hope I don't need it for a third time.

[00:14:10]Okay, I just finished my sketch for my client and it really came together. I feel like with sketching it always gets all of my jumbled ideas out onto a piece of paper so that way when I actually start the project it seems a little bit less daunting than if I were to just start with a canvas. Sometimes I do have an idea and I can just spit it out onto the canvas like I'm doing with this sort of abstract piece behind me, my first commission. But with this one, she really wants something more vibrant. And I asked specifically if there was any symbolism that she wanted involved in it, and there was quite a bit. So, I decided to write it down. And it looks a little something like this. I don't know if I'm going to want it to focus all the way just because a sketch is always different from the final rendered piece.

[00:14:52]So, I'm going to send that off to her.

[00:14:54]I've gotten quite a bit of work done today, so I'm just going to chill for a second and then see if I want to do another project or if I want to go to bed.

[00:15:11]So, what I've been doing also is sending progress pictures and making little like Tik Toks and reals and stories, whatever, just so that way they get excited about their piece because it is a completely handmade and original artwork, which is always really fun to purchase. And it's honestly like your first big investment as like a young 20-year-old. And so, for my friends to trust me with these commissions like literally means the world to me. So, I'm going to send her a photo of that and I just sent over her sketch. So, hopefully I will be able to start on it this week, which is so exciting. Let's go make a snack. So many of you asked what was the tea brand where Luke fed me this tea unknowingly and I literally fell asleep for like 12 hours straight. It is this brand. It's called Twinningings London and it's literally sleep plus tea. Don't say I didn't warn you. Don't say I didn't warn you. And I prepared the perfect amount of water for my tea. I drink at least a cup of tea a day, if not more. I love tea. Y'all already know. Snack of the night. I just took my nighttime vitamins as well. All right, come on. This is like the most endless bag of popcorn ever. What the heck?

[00:16:24]Okay, usually for my nighttime vitamins, I'll take my vitamin C, my some probiotic stuff, um my magnesium, and that's typically it. Okay, snack time.

[00:16:34]Yay.

[00:16:45]So, that's how you know it's late. I feel so much better after today, and I got everything I needed to get done done. I wish there were more hours of the day so I could get more done, but that's what tomorrow is for. So, thanks for walking in with me today, and make sure you subscribe to my channel so you don't miss any videos, and I will see you guys next week. Bye.

[00:17:08]Love you. Bye.

[00:17:23]everything.