Design Your Intentional Life Now

People fill their whole week with their job. They spend more than they make. They want security over freedom. And they think that life and living will fully begin when they reach retirement. But I want to design and live an intentional life now, not when I am too old to enjoy it.

Don't Lose Focus on Your Circle of Influence and Circle of Control

Reality check:

Almost all of us have no Influence beyond the local level. Even less have Control other than personally. So get back to focusing on what you can influence and control.

So let's go back to Shudra's recommendations:

• Plant trees
• Get out of debt
• Grow your own food

And form community.

Have a mindset that looks at what you can actually do, rather than stuff that you have no control over.

So live your days with intention.

• Tough times require an Abundance mindset instead of a Scarcity mindset
• Weeks of want were not truly "want" - they just required a different mindset and strategy.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset. In tough times there are more entrepreneurial opportunities to fill in the gaps.
• Shoot for incremental gains rather than being distracted by unrealistic big goals.
  • Focus on making your first $ before you focus on making $1000.
  • In tough times, its a running game of yards rather than the Hail Mary pass.

Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/free-your-mindset