I can guess two things about you: You’re reading this article, so there’s a good chance that you’re at least an occasional reader of self-help advice. You stopped on this particular headline about living more intentionally, which tells me that maybe you feel like you haven’t figured it all out yet. That’s OK. Who has? The first thing I’d say about living an intentional life is that it’s a direction, not a destination. It’s a tool, not the measure of a life. Life is something to be received with gratitude, enjoyed, and lived with purpose—not a problem to be optimized. Intentional living strips away distractions and allows you to focus on what’s truly meaningful and important in your life. Why We Fail to Live Intentionally In my experience, there are a couple of recurring obstacles when we make the decision to start living intentionally. The first hurdle is that we risk …