Writing goals and making a daily list increases the likelihood of accomplishing said goals by 42%.
I’m listening to a podcast on routines and their value, particularly the way the saints used routines. So far, there is nothing earth shattering happening because somehow we all know this stuff. It’s just doing it with intentionality. “Parsha” was encouraging my husband and I to find a word of intentionality to guide us this year. My husband chose “magical.” That should be fun! I don’t have an intentional word or idea, other than checking out my purse collection. However, we have a couple of encouraging words gleaned from St. Theresa of Avila and her routines.
Each day write down one to three “must dos” for the day – not just a little list of what you hope to accomplish but what you must do. The other big one is to cultivate deep friendships. You have to have someone in your corner and be in someone else’s corner, also.
Okay – those are my two gems for the second day of the new year. Now off I go to intentionally do something!