How often do you set your intentions for your day?

Now I understand that you can’t foresee everything that will happen during your day, but you can still start your day with a thought or two that will prime your mind for your day.

Setting intentions for yourself when you start your day allows you to choose where your attention will be focused throughout the day. Now, some might argue that if you select where you focus, you’re biasing your outlook, and I would happily agree with them. The question I would have for them is, would you rather bias your own outlook or have external forces do it for you?

Setting intentions can shift you from reactive to proactive in certain situations. For example, if you set out today with the intention of doing, let’s say, three good deeds, then your mind will look for opportunities to execute those deeds. Now, we’re not measuring the size of the deed here, just the act of doing.

Setting your intentions at the beginning of your day gives you a north star for your attention. It provides you with a little bit of clarity amongst all the unpredictable things that can occur throughout your day. Again, setting an intention is not to preempt your natural emotions or reactions. It’s to provide you with opportunities for action.

Ultimately, your collective intentions are the scaffold upon which you build your life; as it has been so eloquently said, your life is a collection of your days. So set an intention or two when you start your day and begin to build the framework for your life.

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