We drift through days, reacting to notifications and urgent but unimportant demands. The schedule fills itself. The to-do list grows. We diligently execute plans we never consciously chose.
Intentionality is the antidote to drift. It’s deciding where your attention goes before someone else claims it.
What happens when you deliberately choose? When you allocate your most precious resource—focused attention—with the same care you’d use to invest a million dollars?
The calendar reflects your real priorities, not your imagined ones.
Living intentionally doesn’t mean controlling every minute. It means ensuring your minutes align with what matters.
Try this: For one day, question every commitment. Does this move you toward your vision? Does it energize you? Does it create value?
Then expand to a week—a month.
The barrier isn’t knowledge. It’s implementation.
Your life becomes remarkable when you stop borrowing other people’s defaults.