Intentional Life

By Tucker Bichsel

7/5/2025

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My life is only so long. I need to be more intional about how I spend my time, because I will never get that time back.

Distractions

I have come to realize there are so many things I give my attention that are nothing more than distractions. I have spent way too much time scrolling YouTube shorts that leave my brain just feeling empty. And that is best case scenario.

The most frustrating part of the scrolling is I know going in it's a bad idea. And I know at the end, once I finally tear my eyes away before I start just one more, I'll regret that I didn't do something with that time that I actually care about. Instead of watching video after video of stuff I don't give an f about.

Videos aren't the only distraction, there are others like randomly scrolling reddit or social media. But no matter what they distraction me from what I actually care about. Or even worse, who I care about. I absolutely hate that I way too often distract myself instead of being present with the people I love.

And I need to find a way to stop or in the very least reduce the distractions.

Being More Intentional

Besides removing distractions I also need to improve my attention.

When I am spending time with my kids I need to remember that this moments won't last forever and I need to be an active participant.

When I have few minutes to kill instead of wasting them on YouTube I need to find something productive, well at least not unproductive. I have no problem with seeking entertainment but it should be something I care about not or am curious about.

And finally when I have blocks or time I am using to work work on projects I need to focus on the work I am trying to get done. I only get so much time to work on these things and if I ever want it to amount to anything I need give it my full attention when I have the time.

It's hard to write down what I mean when I say I want to have a more intentional life. But the simplest way to put it is I want to remove the distractions that are not enriching my life and when I am spending time on any part of my life I do care about I make a mental effort to appreciate that time and honor it with my full attention.