#intentionalthoughts

Hey Friend!

It took me quite a while to really understand what intentional living was and how I wanted my life to look in relation to intentional living.  Have you thought about what intentional living looks like to you?

About 9 years ago I started looking at my life in a different way.  My life a was a complete mess.  I was in a marriage that, although my husband was good to me, I knew I didn’t want to be in.  I was longing for a different way to connect with the higher power of my understanding.  I was simply “not happy” as some of us have often described a state of feeling where we couldn’t exactly put our finger on what exactly the problem was, we just knew there was a problem!

At that time I found Law of Attraction, the documentary The Secret, Abraham Hicks, Eckert Tolle, Gabby Bernstein, Life Coaching and so much more.  It was like one thing led to another.  You know how that goes: you buy a cut knitted scarf, then you decide to take up knitting. You make a hat then a shawl, which leads you to quilting which then leads you to making blankets and such.  You get what I’m saying?  We’ve all done something like that before-what fun though!

When I started studying and applying the concepts I learned from these people, I began to understand how to live my life intentionally and why doing so was the best thing ever-my life totally changed.  

I’m not talking about seeing shifts months later, I’m talking about my life changed the very moment I used the strategies.  For the most part, all of the people I mentioned use some variation of the Law of Attraction.  There are quite a few perspectives and techniques of the Law of Attraction so figuring out which explanation is best for you is pretty much as simple as who’s ability to describe how to practice it vibes with you and your understanding. 

For me, the Law of Attraction IS intentional living. Intentional living is practicing perspectives or strategies that allow you to live according to your values and beliefs. Periodt. 

When you bring in more of the things that you value and live according to your belief system, you are a happier person.  And everyone benefits from your happiness-

Happy people make people happy!

The trick is to get clear on the values and beliefs.  Making sure they’re actually yours and not someone else’s ideals. 

You’ll find yourself right back where you started if you’re living according to what someone else thinks is the right way to live. So make sure you dig deep and get clear on YOU. You can do this by goal setting for intentional living based on how you want to feel. 

Start by looking at the end result you’d like to have.  To figure that out you need to ask yourself one very important question-

How do you want to feel?

When you’re clear on how you want to feel in your life, then you’ve created your soul inspired goal. 

Your soul inspired goal creates the pathway for you living your intentional life.  Here’s an example:

Let’s say you decide to live an intentional life, you’d like to feel free.  

What does free look/feel like to you?  Maybe free feels like less stress in your home, being more organized, experiencing more simplicity less overwhelm, spending more time reading books or making chunky blankets.  

Your soul inspired goal is: Freedom and you have a definition of what that looks like/feels like to you and that becomes your roadmap for creating plans that allows you to successfully design your version of intentional living. 

When making your plans, you now know what to say yes to and what to say no too.  Anything you do, you can ask yourself-will this thing allow me to accomplish my goals? It’s easier to make a decision because you have your roadmap!

I’d love to hear what you came up with.  What soul inspired goal did you choose as your pathway to living your life intentionally?