Day 4 of Living Intentionally: Defining the Fine Print

Today January 4th, 2013 is the 4th day of my quest to live intentionally. In my last post I had a stream of small text at the bottom basically stating "I really have no idea what I'm doing but I've got big philosophical dreams. I'll try hard." After the re-debut of my blog, I don't want to let us (you and me) down. Thus I will now attempt to provide structure in which my dreams can live.

Having mulled "Living Intentionally" for a day and a half, I think the easiest way for me to tackle such aspirations is to compartmentailize my goals. Revisiting my previously published list and sorting though additional items in my head and on various scraps of paper scattered about my desk, I came to the conclusion that most everything will fall into one of four following catagories.

(Spoiler alert: if you're one of my lovely sorority sisters, you know where this is going.)


Spiritual  - closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook; not solely religious persuits.

Physical - of or pertaining to the body; physical exercise.

Intellectual - appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.

Social - pertaining to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations.


Quite fitting that on January 4th, my 4th day of intentional living, I produce (reproduce) 4 aims.

Right now I'm thinking each month will have a focus, but I'll still have smaller goals in each of the other three catagories. I can already think of a few goals that will fall into more than one catagory; well good for them!

January, being the first (best) month of the year, shall be a Spiritual Month. Seems fitting as I've set out to define the parameters of my intentional living style. I'm going to take time to reflect on what I want to do this year in all four aims. By the end of the month I'll produce at the very least a list of 12 or more major things to achieve this year. I also aim to produce some sort of personal visible tracking system. Over the next week or so, I'll provide January goals for the physical, intellectual, and social aims.

At the outset I know it'll be easier for me to define physical and intellectual goals; those have always been second nature to me. Social and spiritual will be a little more challenging to nail down; more reflection will be required there.

Thanks for reading,
Lydia