Yup, sometimes you can put an intention in the background and your system will make it happen. That clarity makes a difference. Honestly sometimes *trying* to do something directly can generate resistance. All of that is stuff we talk about at these online workshops we run.
Background intentions, relationship to goals, and the Goal-Crafting Intensive
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Tickets are now available for the upcoming Goal-Crafting Intensives, btw! 6 sessions around New Year's. Click this link to check it out, or keep reading this thread for more relevant thoughts. complice.co/event/plan2021…
Okay, other relevant thoughts. @ThreadHelper, help me out. Where's that thread where I talk about what happens when you remove key ingredients from a goal, like that cookie experiment someone did? Ah great, yup, here it is:
Now what about the thread about how naming goals is kind of like ritual magic? (@ThreadHelper isn't finding this one for me, but that's fine, I can search it. TH is still also magical.)
For anyone who's skeptical of the entire idea of goals, here's a long thread that thoroughly points out that basically all issues with goals are actually issues with one's *relationship* to goals, and probably exist towards your implicit goals anyway.
If the word "goal" doesn't work for you, no worries. It's just a pointer to whatever you deeply want. If you can get really clear on what you want, and let yourself do it, it can flow! And—that's not always easy. So you need approaches in the meantime.
Here's @m_ashcroft with a tweet and some discussion about how he prefers the word "intention" over "goal".
Here's a rave review from last year 🔥
The workshop isn't just a bunch of lecture content & exercise. It's got a little of those, but it's choose-your-own-adventure: work through at your own pace & talk with coaches to get unstuck or for general advice. Link for Dec & Jan events: complice.co/event/plan2021…