Living With Intention
Good morning all of you beautiful humans. I am going to try and be more consistent with my blog posts and moving forward you can expect to gain a little more insight into how I think every Monday. I have Monday’s off from the airport and it gives me a chance to work on my writing which I hope will bleed into some of my content. I really enjoy story telling and challenging life concept that most of us take for granted. I hope by doing this it will help some people out as well as myself sort though issues and hang ups that I have in life.
Life With Intention
What does this phrase mean, “Living with intention?” It’s important to understand that life can happen to you or it can come from you. In other words you can sit by and allowing things to sort themselves out or you can be proactive and reclaim your life. This also falls under two type of thinking. The first is a fixed my mindset and the second is a growth mindset. Without explaining these in too much detail these mindsets are exactly how they sound. Fixed means what you know is what you know and your identity is attached to that knowledge whereas a growth mindset is open to the idea that what you know can expand and retract. Your identity is attached to the to your ability to take on new knowledge and things.
I remember very distinctly when I was younger thinking that everything works itself out. My dad had asked me to take of something. It was so long ago that I can’t remember what the thing was but I do remember thinking to myself that that wasn’t a true issue and it will get sorted by the natural order of things. I left it alone for a few months. Two months I think. Whatever it was I remember it was longer than it should’ve have been but not long enough to where it was an immediate issue. When my dad followed up with me about it I told him not yet but it will get sorted eventually. Thinking that all things sort themselves out. Fast forward another week and I found out that my dad took care of it. In theory I wasn’t wrong. However, I also learned that by neglecting the things that matter in my life (allowing them to take care of themselves) I lose control of those things. I’m not living with the intention to be proactive. Instead reactive. I felt like shit because my dad took care of it. I looked lazy and careless, both traits I don’t resonant with.
Living with intention is a conscious choice. If you want to be seen a certain way or be known for a certain thing you have to actively look for opportunities to occupy that space. It’s not going to magically appear in your lap. This is especially true if the things you want go against natural instincts. Living with intention is not an easy endeavor but it’s a worthy pursuit. It is an conscious act that is revolving. It doesn’t just happen and you’re done. You will have to revisit it day in and day out.
Here is a quote that I heard awhile back that stuck with me,
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.”
To implement this into your life here are three steps you can take to try this out. It won’t be easy but it might help curb some bad habits if you really try.
Start taking mental note of when you’re spacing out of mindlessly doing something. This would be like doom scrolling social media. I haven’t met a single person that there dream in life is to endlessly consume social media. They might aspire to create content but never just consume it. Another example is when you’re driving and all of a sudden you’re three blocks down the road but you can’t remember driving those three blocks. This is because you’re not present and caught in your head. How can you live with intention if you’re not aware of actually being alive.
Decide a few traits that you want to be known for. Not traits you’re already known for but traits that you think are worth being known for. Maybe this is being generous, or patient, or being a good listener. Whatever it is you decide determine from that trait what types of actions a person with that trait would do. Once you have a clear vision of what those are look for moments in your day to practice them. Through repetition this will slowly become your identity.
Prioritize yourself. This means don’t allow the needs of others outweigh your own. Create a list of things that you want to do. If this doesn’t seem realistic to you start small. Examples could be try a new restaurant or take a class of a subject that interests you. The next step is to go out and make that things happen. You’re intentional carving the path of your life. A life that fulfills you.
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