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!