We need to reduce the number of decisions we burden ourselves with so we can focus on what matters.

Left unchecked, decision fatigue can lead to decision avoidance. This is especially true for big life choices, which we tend to put off till the last minute.

freedom of choice is a double-edged privilege. Every decision requires you to focus, and focus is an investment of your time and energy. Both are limited—and therefore exceptionally valuable—resources.

For most of us, “being busy” is code for being functionally overwhelmed.

Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. —WILLIAM MORRIS

Leading an intentional life is about keeping your actions aligned with your beliefs. It’s about penning a story that you believe in and that you can be proud of.

If intentionality means acting according to your beliefs, then the opposite would be operating on autopilot. In other words, do you know why you’re doing what you’re doing?

Intentionality is the power of the mind to direct itself toward that which it finds meaningful and take action toward that end.

The philosopher David Bentley Hart defines intentionality as “the fundamental power of the mind to direct itself toward something . . . a specific object, purpose, or end.”