We have two days before the start of a new year. I won’t go into 2020 as no one could have predicted this year. What I do know is I want to make the most out of the coming year. I don’t expect any major changes i.e. restrictions lifted or life back to normal for at least the first half of the year.
The past few weeks I have been thinking of what my intention for the first four months of the year would be. I had a word pop into my head and I dismissed it. Seriously no that won’t work was my take. Check this post on how to set an intention.
I looked around at projects started and my to do list. Also how did I want to feel heading into a new year? Did I want to feel more playful? Joyful? Of course I did, but those intentions didn’t resonate with me. Or to be more clear they weren’t what I felt I wanted to focus on. I kept coming back to that word I started with.
Intentional. Something done with a plan or deliberate. On purpose. It seemed to broad to me. It wasn’t a project, feeling or something I could get my head around initially. I dismissed it until I realized it was staying with me for a reason. It was pushing out everything else I tried to focus on. Intentional.
So decision is I’m not going to fight it. It is appearing for a reason. So my intention for the next four months is “intentional”. I’m going to consider every project, invitation, experience, whatever intentionally. I am not going to say yes or start a project that I have not carefully or intentionally thought about. Is this moving me forward? Will this take time away from something else that I should be working on? Am I procrastinating? What is the plan for this project – write it down.
Intentional is staying with me for a reason. I want to explore it for the next four months. If I consider everything intentionally what am I moving towards or moving away from? Now that I’ve decided to work with intentional I’m excited. Next is to make a card with the word on it so I can see it every day.
Do you have an intention for the next four months? Check out the above post on how to go about setting one. Also there are other posts on meditation and journaling intentions that might spark some ideas.
Deep breath as we head into a new chapter intentionally for me!
Setting Our Intentions 