Why I Am Setting Intentions Not Goals

For the past week I have been contemplating on what my goals for the next year should be. As well as making ones for the next decade too. Yet for some reason I am not resonating with the term goal(s) anymore. Instead I am drawn to use intentions. Below is why I am switching from setting goals to intentions.

To me, I view a goal to be the end of a period of time working towards a final result. While an intention is setting a plan in motion. I am finding that I have always set goals and never reached them. It could have been that I did not have a firm plan or way of going about it that I gave up. There is also the feeling of it being so final that even if the goal is positive it felt sad when done or over. With the energy of intention, I feel that if I am setting a plan in motion I will get to the end point. If I am intending to see something though, I will gather what I need to accomplish it. I put them into statements of how I plan on even living them.

These are examples of my intentions so far:

• I intend to become more Eco-friendly as I can

• I intend to find places to volunteer & send donations to

• I intend to travel at least twice a year

• I intend to get rid of all the old and make way for new whether that be belongings or energy around past events

• I intend to be open to all experiences and opportunities presented to me

I am not sure why I am in favor of setting intentions over goals. They honestly are the same by way of getting to a destination after working towards it. Or even go hand in hand with I am intending to arrive at this goal by this point. So it is up to you on how you word it and what works for you. I guess for me I like the energy of motion with intention.