SETTING CLEAR INTENTIONS FOR 2019
Enjoy working through this exercise with Narelle Hunter to set yourself up fo your best year yet!!
This is a great activity I put together for myself and I thought you might enjoy it too!
Intentions are quite different from goals. I see goals as HOW to achieve something. Intentions are WHY based on values, lifestyle choices and true purpose.
So let’s take a look at values. Take a look at the list below and circle 5 values that stand out for you.
Core Values List by James Clear (or research your own values list) https://jamesclear.com/core-values
Authenticity
Achievement
Adventure
Authority
Autonomy
Balance
Beauty
Boldness
Compassion
Challenge
Citizenship
Community
Competency
Contribution
Creativity
Curiosity
Determination
Fairness
Faith
Fame
Friendships
Fun
Growth
Happiness
Honesty
Humor
Influence
Inner Harmony
Justice
Kindness
Knowledge
Leadership
Learning
Love
Loyalty
Meaningful Work
Openness
Optimism
Peace
Pleasure
Poise
Popularity
Recognition
Religion
Reputation
Respect
Responsibility
Security
Self-Respect
Service
Spirituality
Stability
Success
Status
Trustworthiness
Wealth
Wisdom
Now let’s take a look at lifestyle choices.
What is the ideal lifestyle choice for you right now, if you were to choose a guilt free way of living, within your budget.
Please circle what you would like to include
Fitness
Fun
Friends
Creativity
Learning
Community service
Travel
Inspired free time
Meditation
Tell me a story about your ideal lifestyle, just dream at this point. Maybe in is yourself looking back over the past 5 years. What is the ideal style of living you see.
Are you content? Are you healthy? Are you in a loving relationship? Are you being the parent you want to be? What are your interests, passions, creative ideas?
Now let’s take a look at intentions.
From the list below I want you to find 10 intentions that stand out to you. (most important for you at the moment)
Achieve balance
Acknowledge, feel and honour pain
Acknowledge, then feel and release fears
Affirm a positive quality about the situation
Affirm a positive quality within yourself
Affirm your independence
Allow energy to flow
Ask for guidance, for answers
Ask for what you need
Ask for what you want
Assume your responsibility
Be aware of body sensations and learn from them
Be aware of defences
Be more effective
Be more efficient
Be patient
Be present
Breathe deeply
Choose love, joy, freedom, peace …
Claim your power
Clarity
Communicate clearly
Complete what has begun
Decide your next step and do it
Determine cause or effect
Disengage, detach to be a witness to your own experience
Energy
Expand your limits
Explore motives
Explore what’s hidden
Find meaning in what’s happening
Find new ideas
Find purpose
Focus on finding a solution
Focus on the needs of the other
Follow your own truth
Forgive
Give yourself space, a time-out
Honestly express what you’re thinking and feeling
Identify and honour your own needs
Identify and honour your values
Imagine a preferred or ideal outcome
Learn
Listen intently
Love and respect yourself
Manage emotions responsibly
Monitor thoughts
Open to intuition or higher guidance
Open to new possibilities
Recognize and experience feelings and emotions
Recognize and release labels
Reconnect more genuinely with others
Relax
Release blocks
Release emotions, e.g. guilt, anger, jealousy, impatience
Release tensions
Respond creatively
Set goals
Shift to a more positive outlook
Stand in integrity
Start anew
Think about what you want, not what you don’t want
To expand your outlook
To recognize limitations and early warning signals
To remove yourself from the situation
To understand the lessons
Understand
Value differences
By Higher Awareness https://www.higherawareness.com/self-awareness/intentions-good.html (or research your own intentions list)
Well done. Now let’s break it down further. Don’t think about it too much. There is no right or wrong. You can share this with me or keep it to yourself. Just enjoy the creative activity.
What are your top 3 values?
What are your most important lifestyle features?
What are your top 3 creative ideas/goals?
What are your top 3 intentions?
For further clarity let’s have a focus for this week
No 1 Value
No 1 Lifestyle feature
No 1 Creative Idea
No 1 Intention
Now write what this looks like as a part of your life for the following week, month and year ahead. It can be simple changes but you are aligning with your heart, your true self and your unlimited self. Enjoy exploring possibilities.
What are the first and most important changes that need to happen?
What are the initial steps towards achieving these goals?
I hope you enjoyed this activity as much as I did. Now it's time to get started!! it is going to be a wonderful 2019!
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