Direction - Personal Practice

I had a very interesting conversation this past week about direction.

It was a discussion in passing in which it became clear to me that I may lack focus on some of my intentions I’ve set for myself because I no longer have clear direction.

In pondering my direction of life further, I noticed I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to make those intentions I set for myself at the beginning of the year fit into my life as it is now.  

In spending all this effort recently to meet the needs I previously defined for myself I have started to flounder.  I have even felt guilty for not achieving these intentions.

I find this unsettling as I like to think of myself as a goal oriented person with clear focus and direction.  

I realized recently that I am not goal oriented and lack clear focus!  I was feeling weighted down by lack of direction. 

So I started to investigate my Intentions.

Upon investigation I saw that some intentions I’ve set for myself over this last year are no longer valid.  My circumstance has changed so much that some of my priorities of twelve months ago no longer seem like a priority.  

I’m currently morning the loss of their importance in my life.  It feels almost unnerving to discover that I don’t need those intentions for myself any longer.  

With this self discovery, as is normal at the end of a calendar year, I see that I now need to set my new list of intentions and place priority on them and then build goals for each priority accordingly.

I started my list of intentions with so much hope and promise for my future!  I had clear direction and it felt great!

I have had many successes with that list of intentions and have achieved many of the intentions I set.  I celebrate those successes fully!

Now as I let go of some of the original intentions from that list that no longer fit into my life and circumstance, I plan to replace them with new intentions.  New Intentions that help me to be focused and happy with direction toward the wonderful possibility of achieving these New Intentions!

So, off I go to see how far I get with this new list!