Quotes About Intentionality

Fasting is] a way of making sure we haven't let the rhythms of the everyday put us to sleep, a way to make sure that our habits have not become addictions...

We are not passive. To be passive means to be pulled, pushed, and swayed by circumstances or the people around us.

Why do we assume our time alone with God will just happen spontaneously or in the cracks? Treat it with intentionality.

solitude is not primarily about withdrawing from people, but withdrawing for people. Jesus withdrew for the sake of reengaging people to love, heal, and bless them. Solitude does require that we get alone, but we do it so when we reengage with family, friends, or coworkers, we are the kind of people who love others well.

Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything.

In your effort to attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged and nothing gets its due.

The goal in life is not to be a disciplined person but to be a person of selected disciplines.

Most people struggle to comprehend how many things don't need to be done, if they would just start by doing the right thing.

con un propósito, con una prioridad y con productividad, sabiendo que puedes y debes evitar el arrepentimiento, poniendo LO ÚNICO en lo más alto de tus pensamientos y en lo más alto de tu calendario

You must never go too long or too far without counterbalancing them so that they are all active areas of your life.

It's sort of like signing a mortgage or buying a business while drunk. You need to "dry out" a bit and think this thing through before you commit the rest of your life to someone you can't objectively evaluate

If you want to be great in what you're doing, you really need to limit yourself, so I consider my life as the life of a monk.

The idea isn't to find yourself another environment for tomorrow, but to be constantly creating the environment and community you want for yourself, no matter what may occur.

My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.)

My definition of sobriety is to be in full control and not feel drunk, but it's not abstaining for religious reasons or any other reason.

We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.

I don't need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things. I need to avoid making emotional decisions and swinging at bad pitches. I need to think!

Digital Minimalism A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.

The sugar high of convenience is fleeting and the sting of missing out dulls rapidly, but the meaningful glow that comes from taking charge of what claims your time and attention is something that persists.

Part of what makes this philosophy so effective is that the very act of being selective about your tools will bring you satisfaction, typically much more than what is lost from the tools you decide to avoid.

The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a more detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.

A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.

Digital minimalists see new technologies as tools to be used to support things they deeply value—not as sources of value themselves.

Tim Ferriss once wrote: "Develop the habit of letting small bad things happen. If you don't, you'll never find time for the life-changing big things.