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Living with Purpose (Intention)

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The word I selected for 2019 was purpose.

It has been a while since I have checked in on my progress. Even the best of intentions can get side-tracked by life. Yet how we handle those set back, side-steps or barriers will determine our progress toward our goals or intentions.

I have shared many suggestions through out my posts on how to achieve your goals.

In thinking about that, I am refocusing and getting back to journaling in order to support my intention.

Do you need to refocus in order to live with intention? What will you do the achieve that?

Visioning Your Life with VIGOR©

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While I have written about vision multiple times in my posts, I don’t think that I can stress the importance of having a vision for your life enough because action follows focus and what you think about.

Vision describes what matters to you, what you want to do and experience. Vision provides hope. What is your vision for your:

• your life?
• next three months?
• your health?
• your family?
• next year?
• spiritual life?
• your job?
• next five years?
• relationships?
• self-care?

 

What possibilities exist in the beauty of your dreams?

Live with VIGOR©

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Several months ago, I was asked to do a presentation for a group that centered on the theme taking back your life. As I thought about the goals for the program and my audience, I focused on creating a vision, setting intentions, practicing gratitude, taking action and identifying daily practices. And VIGOR© became the acronym for that program and a part of my coaching practice. VIGOR© is:

• Vision
• Intention
• Gratitude
• Orchestration (action)
• Routine

I will be sharing with you some thoughts about VIGOR© over the next several weeks. Let’s start with the definition of vigor according to dictionary.com:

Vigor [vig-er]
Noun
1. active strength or force.
2. healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
3. energetic activity; energy; intensity:
4. force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
5. active or effective force, especially legal validity.

Any of those definitions would apply to the goal of taking back your life. Which of those speak to you?

Slow Down

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A colleague of mine often says, “You have to sometimes go slow to go fast.” Usually that is in reference to a project we are working on that takes longer or heads in a different direction than the original intent.

But today, I am suggesting that you need to slow down in this hectic world. We move from task to task and experience all this busyness that can crowd out our happiness and well-being. Do not be tempted to speed through life and in the process give up your happiness and joy.

Self-care is an ongoing process and is a way for you to slow down and refill the well. So, rather than pushing through all your reserves choose daily self-care need. Taking time for yourself does not have to be time-consuming or expensive. Here are a few ideas for things you can choose to practice daily:

  • Mindfulness
  • Meditation
  • Pray
  • Breathe
  • Gratitude
  • Journal
  • Walk
  • Smile

From one minute to 15 to more, you can pick one thing from the list to fill your well…just slow down and delight in at least one moment each day….