Posts Tagged ‘Intentional Living’
“Sounds Like Monday’s Problem” — A Lesson in Mental Boundaries
A simple chocolate wrapper message reveals a powerful lesson about stress, focus, and protecting your mind with better mental boundaries.
Read MoreBefore the World Wakes Up: Owning Your First Hour
Why owning your first hour — before phones and notifications — builds clarity, discipline, and leadership. A reflection on rhythm, mindset, and intentional mornings.
Read MoreWeek One — Change Is Already Happening
Change doesn’t happen overnight — it happens quietly. A personal reflection on routines, consistency, and the moments that make change finally stick.
Read MoreWhat Are You Leaving Here So Next Week Starts Lighter?
A Friday reflection on release, integration, and creating space before the next week begins. No fixing, no forcing—just room to breathe.
Read MoreAwareness Before Acceleration
The second week of January is when things start to get honest. The energy of the new year hasn’t disappeared, but it has changed. The noise has quieted. The routines are no longer new. And the temptation to add more, more goals, more effort, more urgency, starts to creep back in. Before doing that, I’m…
Read MoreRefining the Base
Different city. Same Orangetheory workout. That alone was the reminder. No matter where you go, the work shows up the same. Today’s focus was simple: your base — and pushing it up. Refining the base isn’t exciting.It’s quiet.It’s repetitive.Sometimes uncomfortable. There’s no spotlight on it. No immediate payoff. Just showing up and doing the work that…
Read MoreMorning Coffee, Quiet Time, and the Question: How Do I Become a Better Me in 2026?
A quiet morning, coffee in hand, reflecting on purpose, balance, and what it really means to make 2026 with intention—not hacks.
Read MoreClosing the Year: Reflecting on Change, Letting Go, and Setting Direction
As this year comes to a close, it feels like the right moment to zoom out. Throughout Reflecting on Change, one message kept surfacing, sometimes quietly, sometimes through discomfort:Growth isn’t always about adding more.Often, it’s about letting go. We focused this year.We pulled ourselves forward when things felt heavy.We built discipline, rhythm, and awareness, sometimes…
Read MoreThe Quit Week
A simple Christmas-week reset: integration over intensity—close loops, protect presence, and carry less into the new year.
Read MoreStanding in the Snow (The RAIN Method)
A reflection on snow, discomfort, and the RAIN method from Master Shi Heng Yi—recognizing patterns, accepting stillness, and building awareness before the new year.
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