what can you do today to be more intentional?

Yesterday, I was given the opportunity to share my heart at a local MOPS group. It was wonderful being in this room, full of moms eager to sit in fellowship with each, and to talk a bit about my story and to offer words of encouragement. These moms were there, in it together, ready to learn and to embrace each other in their motherhood journey.

I shared with them ten simple things to make your day more fun {don’t worry, I’m writing it up into a post} and the main item, besides not comparing, was to learn to step back and be intentional. I know, I know, intentional. It’s kind of a buzz word, and yet, I truly do believe it is a critical word for us mothers to embrace. You see, intentional isn’t trendy, it’s actually truth.

When you live with an intentional heart you cultivate memory moments within your home.

Intentionality is this stepping back, this opening of our hearts that allows us to embrace the present, learn from the past, and plan for the future. It’s easy to race through life either defining today based on years past or looking so much to the future that we miss the gift of today or being so focused on the now that we don’t remember to celebrate the gift of normal.

Motherhood is about balancing grace and about learning to be intentional with our days. Because, lets face it – we all have those harder days. We have those feeling like we failed days, and not feeling like we measure up , and days where we wish we could throw in the un-throwable {because it’s probably in the wash} towel of motherhood. And that’s okay. But, even with those days, we can learn to be intentional. It just takes planning it on the good days. So if today’s a hard day – do one thing and believe me when I tell you that you matter. If today’s one of those days that seems to be going okay, then step back, just for a moment, and think about what is making today work. Be intentional and thoughtful with your time.

So now, my question for you, which I asked from those wonderful moms sitting in the room early on a Monday morning, is what can you do today to be more intentional? I ask you this as an encouragement, as a motivation to do that one thing and do it well. So right now, as you sit there, think of three things that you can do to be more intentional. Maybe it’s reading that book three times in a row. Maybe it’s turning off the computer for a large window of time. Maybe it’s sitting at the table with your kids while they eat lunch versus racing to get the kitchen cleaned.

To be intentional we have to act. And today, that is my encouragement for you.

Here are my three intentional ideas for today.
1. Read for 20 minutes to the little boys.
2. Turn off the computer from 9-12.
3. Write down five gratitude things.

How about for you? What are three things that you can do today to be more intentional?

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