Ever feel like you’re drifting through life?
Here’s one thing I learned that changed everything for me: drifting through life, or drifting through an experience, comes when you don’t actually know what you want.
Have you ever heard someone say you can’t get where you want to go if you don’t know where you want to go? It’s like jumping in the car, opening Google Maps, but never putting in a destination. Just driving, and driving, and then wondering why you’re never getting there.
The thing that really, really helps me is to set an outcome, to set an intention. What that means is simply stating what you want.
If you wake up in the morning and you’re heading to work feeling bored or feeling angry, it’s probably because you’re just at the whim of whatever your day brings. Setting an outcome is being intentional about what you want that day to bring. It’s as simple as: today I want to find out three new facts about my coworker. Or, today I want to find a new way to have fun with my family.
Just simple little objectives you give yourself. And what that means is you’re not just at the whim of the day. You’ve set yourself a destination.
Stop drifting through life. Set an outcome for the day.
