🧭 Goals Are Just Intentions in a Fancy Outfit
Let’s talk about goals for a second. Not the cute, Pinterest-board kind. The heavy ones. The ones that start off optimistic and somehow end up feeling like a personal failure by mid-month. You know the ones: “I will do this every single day.” “I must finish this by Friday.” “If I don’t hit this goal, what am I even doing with my life?” Ma’am. Sir. Calm down. Here’s the thing I’ve been learning (and slowly accepting): Goals feel heavy because we treat them like contracts instead of conversations. Enter: Intentions Intentions are goals that went to therapy. They still have direction, but they don’t come with shame, guilt, or a tiny internal drill sergeant yelling, “YOU SAID YOU WOULD.” When you say: “My goal is to work out 5 days a week,” and life says, “Cool story, here’s exhaustion, weather, and a random emotional spiral,” a goal makes you feel like you failed. But an intention says: “I intended to move my body more — and today that looked like...