An intention is something you mean to do or a way you want to participate. It points your attention towards a chosen action, quality or direction.
It isn’t the same as an outcome you can guarantee.
What would the intention look like on Tuesday?
"I want to respect my creative work" can become keeping one hour for it.
"I want to receive more care" can become telling someone which task would help, rather than saying that anything is fine.
The practical form doesn’t have to be grand. It has to give the intention somewhere to meet your actual circumstances.
In I AWAKE, reflection and practice repeatedly come back to that relationship. You notice what you want, what interrupts it and what support makes a different response possible.
An intention can also change as you learn more. You aren’t betraying yourself by discovering that an original plan doesn’t fit.
Commitment considers what you keep showing up for. Experimentation gives you a way to test an intention before making it responsible for your whole future.
Noba’s Self-Regulation and Conscientiousness explores the relationship between behaviour, goals and self-regulation. It offers background to the practical gap between meaning to do something and making it easier to do.