{"id":163,"date":"2013-09-05T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderingwithintent.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2013-09-05T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T14:40:02","slug":"being-intentional-means-living-like-a-human-being-not-a-human-doer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderingwithintent.com\/wordpress\/being-intentional-means-living-like-a-human-being-not-a-human-doer\/","title":{"rendered":"Being intentional means living like a human-BEING, not a human-DOER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u201cGoals are dreams with deadlines.\u201d<\/em> \u2015 Diana Scharf<\/p>\n<p>When I spoke to one of my friends before traveling to share details about my upcoming trip, he said, \u201cI think what you\u2019re doing is great. \u00a0So many people just go through life doing things, but not really experiencing life. \u00a0They are almost like human-doers, doing things and not really thinking about why. \u00a0But when you take a trip like this, you can really be a human-being, and \u201cbe\u201d what it means to be human. \u00a0You can live in the moment and get the most out of life\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What he said really struck a chord with me. \u00a0It is easy to get stuck in the routine nature of life, taking the present for granted and looking forward to a future with more &#8212; more time, more money, more friends, more opportunities. \u00a0But living your life in that way removes your ability to make the most of the present; in other words, if live your present as if it were your future, you can take responsibility to create more of whatever you want today, rather than waiting for an ambiguous \u201ctomorrow\u201d or \u201clater.\u201d \u00a0Of course, even by living life in the present it takes effort to get more, but by approaching each day with that mindset you can set the stage to enjoy the present while also setting the stage for a fulfilling future.<\/p>\n<p>And that really is fundamentally what I am trying to get out of my trip. \u00a0I have thought about taking this trip once I retire &#8211; but have opted instead to pursue one of my future dreams, today. \u00a0There were a lot of barriers to overcome &#8211; scheduling, funding the trip, getting time off from work &#8211; which I took on and ultimately worked through to turn my dream into reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGoals are dreams with deadlines.\u201d \u2015 Diana Scharf When I spoke to one of my friends before traveling to share details about my upcoming trip, he said, \u201cI think what you\u2019re doing is great. \u00a0So many people just go through life doing things, but not really experiencing life. \u00a0They are almost like human-doers, doing things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pre-trip","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"geo":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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