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JusJoJan 6/26 – Intentional

This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “intentional,” is brought to us by Dan. Check out his blog here!

I try to be intentional.

By that I mean I have a bunch of things I intend to do every day, and some I intend to get around to.

To this end, I have four calendars—one on my desk that lists my daily to-dos; one that lists those and the times I intend to do them, as well as my “when I get around to it” list; one that I write in when I’ve accomplished something; and one hanging on my wall with family stuff on it.

Despite my four calendars and my best intentions, life almost always gets in the way of getting my to-dos done.

Case in point, it took me fifteen minutes to get from the paragraph above to this one because my son Alex needed my attention.

It’s this sort of “lifeyness” that makes me wonder how anyone sets schedules for themselves a year, a quarter, a month, or even a week in advance.

Maybe I just lack discipline.

Or, most likely, I’m trying to do a bunch of things that require my complete attention, so I’m afraid to get started on them lest something distract me.

So I end up doing nothing.

Maybe my number one intention needs to be closing my door for a set period of time every day and hoping for the best.

This post written with the best of intentions is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link. It’s fun!

Thanks again to Dan for the prompt!


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Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 6th, 2026

Today is day 6 of our Just Jot it January 2026 prompts—almost a week’s worth already! Our word of the day is courtesy of our very own delightful Dan. Thank you, Dan! Please be sure to visit Dan’s blog to read his posts and say hello. And follow him while you’re there if you’re not already.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 6th, 2026 is “intentional.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

If you’d like to see what I have so far on your prompt list and what’s to come, you can find the list HERE.

Here are the rules:

1. Please be sure to copy the URL for THIS POST and paste it in your own so your link shows up in the comments here. If you’re not using WordPress, be sure to put your link in the comments on THIS POST for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026.

2. Just Jot It January starts January 1st, but it’s never too late to join in! Here, we run on the honour system; the “jot it” part of JusJoJan means that anything you jot down, anywhere (it doesn’t have to be a post, it can even be a grocery list), counts as a “jot.” If it makes it to your blog that day, great! If it waits a week to get from a sticky note to your screen, no problem!

3. I’ll post prompts at 2am my time (GMT -5). You don’t have to follow the prompt every day, but that will be where you leave your link for others to see. You’ll get a prompt for every day except Wednesday, when the prompt is simply my One-Liner Wednesday and on Saturday, when your prompt will be the Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS, which will appear at about 9:30am Friday. Each prompt post will include the rules.

4. Please ping back or link to the daily prompt. To ping back, just copy the URL from the daily prompt post, and paste it anywhere in your post. Check to make sure your link shows up where you want it to, and go back occasionally to see other bloggers’ entries – the more you visit others, the more they’ll visit you! Note: A) The newest pingbacks will be at the top of the comments section. B) Ping backs only work if you’re blogging on WordPress. Everyone else must paste a link manually.

5. Tag your post JusJoJan26 and/or #JusJoJan26.

6. Write anything! Any length will do! It can even be a photo or a drawing – you’re going to title it, right? There’s your jot!

7. The prompts will appear every day that’s neither a Wednesday nor a Saturday–Saturday’s JusJoJan prompt will be Stream of Consciousness Saturday. You’ll find the list of prompts below as they come in, which means I’ll be updating this post. Remember, you don’t have to use the prompts. Please write whatever inspires you. NOTE: If your post is NSFW, do not ping back. Please leave your link in the comments with a warning.

8. If you’d like to, use the JusJoJan badge so that others can find your post more easily.

9. Have fun!