Join Me in Creating a 2010 Intentions Plan (Part 1 of Intention Series)

I gave up on res­o­lu­tions a long time ago. Why? Let’s start with the def­i­n­i­tion of a New Year’s res­o­lu­tion.

Res­o­lu­tion: a promise that you make to your­self to start doing some­thing good or stop doing some­thing bad on the first day of the year

I don’t like mak­ing promises because if I can’t or don’t keep it, I feel guilty and feel like I failed. A few years back, I read on someone’s scrap­book­ing blog about cre­at­ing inten­tions instead of res­o­lu­tions. Let’s look at the def­i­n­i­tion of inten­tion.

Inten­tion: A course of action that one intends to follow.

I like that much bet­ter because each year that is what I do. I intend to fol­low a course of action. I don’t want to feel like I failed if I sway from that course. Since the, I’ve been cre­at­ing New Year’s Intentions.

Just about the time I dis­cov­ered inten­tions, Ali Edward began her one lit­tle word campaign.I like the idea of one word that sum­ma­rizes my inten­tions.I find there is often a theme to my inten­tions. I plas­ter that word every­where around me. Then each time I am faced with a deci­sion, I think about my word. Does this get me closer to my word? If not then maybe isn’t in my best inter­est right now.

My word is usu­ally a state I’d like to achieve or an action I want to take in all areas of my life. My past words have been Sim­plify, Health & Less. The last 3 years I had my word and my inten­tions, but no real plan. I knew where I wanted to be, but no idea how to get there.

When we plan a vaca­tion, we first decide on the des­ti­na­tion. Do we stop right there? Nope, we decide how we will get there. Plane, trains or car? Then we plan the spe­cific route and where we will stay and what we will do once we get there.

Each year I’ve planned the des­ti­na­tion, but never how I am going to get there and what I’ll do when I’m there.

Join me this week as we go through the process of cre­at­ing a 2010 Inten­tion Plan.

1. Write out your 2010 intentions
2. Pick one word to sum­ma­rize your intentions
3. Cre­ate a visual of your word and intentions
4. Cre­ate your plan of action for 2010

Let me know in the com­ments if you are going to join me!