The Art of Intention

Resolutions don’t always work do they?

Maybe the reason “New Year’s” Resolutions don’t work because they should be “All Year’s” Resolutions.

Resolutions can be overwhelming — and that’s why I think it’s better and more successful when people focus on a “word of the year”, or month, or week, or day.

It’s easier to put to practice.

Here’s an example of mine:

Intention has been my “word of the week”.

I actually got the idea to focus on a single word from one of my clients who is meditating on the word “nourishment”.

What nourishes her are all the things that she does to take care of herself and the parts of her life that are important to her.

I thought that was pretty cool — so I copied her!

Except, my word of course is intention.

Intention has become increasingly important as I become increasingly busy.

I find myself trying to keep up with the demands of practice and business and family and well … you get the idea.

It’s easy to lose your head! And the last thing I want is to lose my SELF in all that too.

I was on a call with my mentor this week, and as we talked about barriers that held me back in growth, I explained one of my greatest fears.

“I’m afraid if I grow too much in business, my clients will feel overlooked. I don’t want them to feel like I’m too busy for them.”

He remarked back, “That is a very good point. You have to look ahead at what it takes but also what it takes away.”

We then discussed the process of visualizing aspects of the future that you are working toward, and then assessing the positives and negatives from it.

I then asked myself, “Is there a way to avoid some of the negatives that I don’t want? Like, my clients feeling overlooked?”.

Yes, but you have to be intentional.

Just like we can be intentional about our “word” of focus. I hope you find value in putting this to practice this year.