From Resolutions to Intentions: How to Focus on What Matters | S2E082

Hello, and welcome to a call for love where we inspire

you to choose love, peace, and joy over fear,

stress, and worry. And it's really about embracing growth

and creating a life rooted in compassion and connection.

And today, I wanna share with you something that's really been on my heart and

mind, and that is how we step into

this new calendar year. Now I do believe that every day

is a new beginning. But with the turn of the calendar

to 2025, let's face it, many

people set resolutions, and that can feel very

overwhelming. And most of them don't stick.

I feel it, and I've been there too. But I found a way to set

intentions that actually work, and it all comes down to

focusing on what matters most. So in this episode,

I'm sharing my 25 for 2025 list

and how I have narrowed it down to my top five

priorities. And that's the thing. The ones that will really

truly make the biggest impact this year in your

life. I also talk about why letting go of some of the

goals is a good thing and how it helps

you show up with more clarity and purpose. So stick around

until the end because I'll be sharing a special intention

poem that I created to help you start the year

fresh, feeling grounded, focused, and ready to embrace

all the good that's waiting for you. So let's begin.

To start today, I would like to share that every

year, you know, you hear the one word intention

or you hear the phrase or you hear something to motivate you, to

propel you into the next calendar year. And it's really

about creating a fresh start. But let's face it.

Most resolutions fade because they're either too vague, which

I've mentioned on many of the podcasts, or we try

to tackle too much at once. I've been there too,

which is why I've shifted my approach to this calendar

year to set intentions that actually stick,

and it starts with clarity. So why

create intentions? So creating a list, I've

decided to create 25 items in my list because

I kinda like those synchronicities of numbers. So 25 for

25. And I think it's really cool that we have

now entered into and completed a quarter

of a century. But in any case, creating a

list isn't about doing everything perfectly,

really. It's about aligning your energy with what matters

most and showing up intentionally. It's about clarity

and not chaos because we can set all these

intentions. It can become too overwhelming, and

we really haven't thought them out. So it's

really about resolutions to intentions.

That's how I'm shifting my mindset for this year.

Not resolutions, but really being mindful of my

intentions, and maybe this resonates with you as well. And,

of course, I'm recording this at the start of a brand new year.

However, this is something that you can refocus on

any quarter of the year, any month, or any

milestone. So let's divide them into

categories. That's how I've separated and categorized

my intentions, and they're under 3 areas. 1st,

for me are personal goals about nurturing myself,

my body, mind, and spirit, and then about relational

goals about deepening the connections with those we care

about. And then for me and for many of you, maybe

professional goals about creating impact.

Now my 25 for 25

is quite intense. It took me a little while to go through

them, and I selected 6 for my

personal growth. I'm not gonna go through them all, but I

will share with you that some I've already been doing.

But the main ones that are new for this year,

and I I phrased it like this, is to honor and celebrate

my body's evolution with age. You

know that saying you're not getting older. You're getting wiser.

Well, I would like to actually put that into practice

because I am physically getting older,

and my body is showing it. And I wanna embrace

it. I wanna celebrate it without criticizing

it and judging it. And so one of the main practices

I'm doing this year is I'm going to include weight

training. And I have a special guest coming

up who will talk more about that. But I do

feel I have the agility, mobility, and flexibility

through yoga and Pilates kinda down pat now,

and I want to embrace the weight training.

Actually, my son, Michael, bought me some hand weights this

Christmas, so I'm ready to go. So

that was the main item I had for my personal growth.

The other ones, you know, like, I wanna read 25 books

for 2025, stay grounded and present with self compassion,

you know, practice the let them let me, which I will talk

about further in another podcast theory.

And, of course, starting my mornings intentionally with

meditation, a gratitude practice. I like to read in

spiritually inspiring readings to really ground and

uplift me. So that's kind of my personal area.

So you may want to create some intentions.

I'm not gonna say goals, and I'm not gonna say resolutions, but

intentions in your personal growth. Okay?

Things to propel you forward on your journey. But then

I call the next category relational, and,

really, it's about friends and family. My main

one I have 5 in this area, but my main one is

to remember birthdays and special

occasions. I have I am blessed with many,

many people in my life. You know, I have 10 older

brothers and sisters, teen nieces and nephews,

and great nieces and nephews. I think we're bordering on, like, 60 now.

And, I I feel very overwhelmed with

remembering birthdays. And, of course, I have dear friends

and clients. So this year, I'm going to try being more

intentional about remembering these special occasions.

Now that is the main one. I've chosen just one main one from each

category. So for the personal was including weight training

into my health regime and remembering

birthdays for my relational intentions. But I

also have, of course, supporting my sons, Michael and Patrick, on their journey,

spending more quality time and activities with my husband,

Gord, and taking technology breaks.

I can get very obsessed about technology

and wanting to get things done, and so I'm gonna be really

mindful of that, like, closing the computer, putting my phone away.

And, you know, we've had a lot of changes in our life recently,

losing our parents and, you know, our kids getting

older. And so I would like to create new holiday traditions.

So those are some of the intentions I have. But as I said,

my main one I'm gonna focus on is

remembering birthdays. And then

for professional, I will dive into that a little later,

but I do wanna say that when we break down our

intentions, into these areas, into

these buckets, personal, relational, and professional,

it's really about seeing what areas of your life

need more focus. And for me, it's about

really noticing and making a shift. You know, it

could be writing it on a sticky note. It could be putting it in your

agenda. Recently, I've been buying a full year calendar that I

put on my wall. I've been asking other people how

they negotiate through this. And a lot of people say

they write it down or they put it in their phone. I like

visuals. I'm a visual learner, so I do like seeing it.

And if you're anything like me, I am a Vata in terms

of, Ayurvedic doshas. I need to see it, hear

it. I have to have it in many places, not just

one, in order to keep that really in

my mindset. So as you look at your

25 items, it's too much.

25 items is really spreading yourself then. It's

just like the one word intention. So one word

is doable. It's something that's in your mindset. Well, if

you have 25 intentions for 2025,

it's really overwhelming and a little bit too much.

So the key here is to write them all

down and then to take the top 5.

So I've taken actually, I have negotiated this a little

bit. I've taken one for my personal, one for my relational,

and I do have 5 for my professional. And then

the secret here is, and this is the hardest part,

is to let go on purpose of the rest.

And what that means is, and I shared this with my friend Jodi

Pappas, is you are to write them down and cross them

out and make sure that you do

not do them. So it actually works in reverse.

You have to really create the mindset not to

do them. So I will give you an example.

I love creating. Just love creating. And I've been

intending to write this course for Insight

Timer. It's an app where I do have meditations on there,

and I've been wanting to write this course. It would be so much

fun. I could do a great job, and it gets me excited,

but it's not in my top five. And

so I have to purposely say because I get attracted to

it like a magnet. No, Linda. Don't do it. Another thing

is is that I love to take courses myself. And

so I purposely have to say no.

You're not allowed I say I talk to myself. You're not

allowed to take another course at this time because

that's not in your top five. That's not in

your top five intentions for 2025.

And so that is the key. When you remember

this, then you can focus it. There's a great

book. I don't know who writes it, but it's called Essentialism.

And what it has is this circle and all these

arrows around the circle coming like spokes, spokes of

a bike. And so all these arrows are going away from

the circle. That's when you have too many intentions.

So say you have 25, all those arrows are

focusing away. Well, of course, you can't get very

far on the spokes. But the less

intentions you have, then all that energy and

time is purposely going into your

top 5, and then you go farther. And

that's what we want. And so for my professional

goals, I do wanna go farther. And I've decided,

of course, a call for love podcast is very important to

me and my listeners. I've been getting exceptional

feedback as I celebrate the 2 year mark.

I'd said it episode 81 and

82. It was this time 2 years ago

in 2023 that I created a call

for love, and it has really filled my life and my heart.

It's something that gives me purpose and gives

me joy. And so I'm going to continue that, of

course. I put that on Apple, Spotify,

many platforms, and also through Insight Timer.

But what are my other ones? And so this is what I've decided

is that just narrowing down my focus is

retreats. I've been doing them for, oh, I would say

7, 8 years now, and I love them. So this

is the first time in 2025 that I'm actually going out of

country, and we're going to Samara, Costa Rica. It is super

exciting. It is gorgeous there. Stunning on the

ocean, walking everywhere, an excursion. Just

beautiful. If you're interested, you can go to Global

Wellness Education offerings to retreats,

or there's a link in the show notes. But in any case, my

retreats are very important. And, of course, I have retreats

every year at the retreat house in Ontario, Canada

on top of Blue Mountain at the retreat house. So retreats

are part of it. My podcasting is part of it. So that's

2. The other thing is content

creation. I love writing, and that's another thing. I

wanna write a book, but I have to purposely put that

underneath the 5 because

that could really detract me from my main goals.

But I can kinda satisfy that through my

newsletters and my blogs and creating social

media presence. And so that's where I've devoted

my creative artistry is into writing

for these newsletters, which people read, and I

receive a lot of insight and feedback

back, which I truly, truly appreciate. The

third thing is to continue my in person

offering. So I do corporate events. I do coaching,

Reiki energy sound healing, circles of love, and,

of course, I do my yoga meditation studio classes. So I'm

keeping that in. That is not new, but it

is a huge part of my life, and it takes up quite a bit

of time and energy. So that is included. Now the

last one, 5, is trainings.

This year, I consider it a huge

personal success for me that over the last

2 years, I have created a meditation manual, and I

launched a 50 hour meditation

teacher training. Now this is expand your path to

peace. And what I've noticed in we are having our

last weekend coming up, but it's really about

inner awareness, awakening your higher self. It's self

discovery, returning to wholeness, all those things that

lead you back home is befriending yourself. And so it's been

so successful. And here, once again, my creative writing

abilities coming in, that, 50 hours was

not long enough to share all

that I have learned because I have taken many, many, many

courses as a meditation guide, yoga teacher,

Reiki sound master, coach, shamanic practitioner.

I've dove into so many areas,

and I'm bringing this all into the course. It's

not just about meditation. In fact, there's a

huge component about mindfulness, self compassion.

And so that is one of the trainings. The other one is I'm going

to be offering Reiki. Reiki part 1, 2, 3, and

master trainings where you can become your own

Reiki energy healer. And lastly, a restorative

yoga teacher training. So I have decided to take

my skills from being a school teacher for over 30 years and

create trainings. And so this is what I invite you to

do. So you may be retired, and you may not have

professional goals, but you could call them creative

goals. Because I feel it's really important

as we move through the years to have purpose,

to go from me to we, to give back.

And so why not call them creative endeavors

or sharings or whatever it is? Because I have a

friend. She volunteers at a nursing home. I have other

people that paint and have created, you could call

it a side hustle, but they don't have their main career anymore.

So a passion, a purpose. And so

I offer you the perspective that

maybe you want to create something in your life that

is an offering, a creative endeavor,

taking up a new skill or passion. I have a friend taking

violin lessons. I've been dabbling in guitar.

I love to paint. I love to knit. And so just

exercising both sides of the brain as

you navigate through the wisdom years is something that

you may really wanna consider because we're all on this

journey, and this is the perfect time. The perfect time is now.

It's this the only moment we have is now. And so

what intention do you want to set now? It's

about creating action steps. So

taking the biggest intentions that will have the biggest

impact in your life and making those front and

center. So this year, it isn't about

doing everything, but it's about doing what truly matters.

And by focusing on your top 5, give or take,

you'll create the space, the energy, and the intention to

make 20 25 a year of meaningful growth

because this is what it's all about, is

not comparing ourselves to others, but comparing

ourselves to ourselves. And I don't

really like the word comparing, but it's more of a mindful

noticing to always step forward in our

own journey even if it's one more small

step. Why? You may ask yourself, why is this so

important? You know, I'm fine the way I am, but, you know, I think it's

part of the human nature to always be striving and

growing. The mind always wants that. It always wants to be

pushing. And so why not navigate it in

a direction of growth? That is my

thoughts in any case. And I do believe in myself,

and I believe in you. I believe in the spirit

of people that we can really grow

to be a ripple of love and light to all those who

come in our path and really raise the collective consciousness.

Now to end this episode, I would like to share a

poem that I've written. It's not really a poem. It's more of

an intention. I call it from resolutions to intentions.

It's really about embracing newness with purpose and

clarity, and it goes like this. I am

ready to welcome new beginnings. I

embrace love, joy, and vibrant health. I

trust in the beauty and goodness of life. I

soften into changes and challenges, trusting they are for

my highest good. I embrace this time of transition

with patience and self compassion. I walk toward

peace and joy, trusting it will show me the best

path for my life, for my journey. I hold

space for each day as it unfolds, trusting life's

greater plan. I know that all is happening for

me, not to me. I am supported and

guided, creating a ripple of loving kindness

out into the world. And so it is. Thank

you. Thank you. Thank you. This may resonate

with you. I hope it does. If not, create

something that inspires you. I actually have this

recorded on my phone in the morning. I can listen to

it, and I do have it also on notes on my phone

in case I wanna refer to it. That along with

my 5 main objectives and intentions, my

personal goal my main personal goal and my main relationship

goal. And so that is how I am

creating a path for this year.

Let me know what your thoughts are. Let me know what your

intentions are for 2025. Maybe you have created

25 things for 2025 and narrowed them down to

5. I would be so interested because this is what we do. We

learn from each other. We're not what what does that say?

No man or person is an island? Well, that's what

it is. It's about learning from each other. You can reach out

to me at lindaorcini@globalwellnesseducation.com,

or reach out to me on social media at

Instagram, Linda Orsini Wellness, or on

Facebook, Linda Orsini, and LinkedIn, Linda

Orsini. I am wishing you the clarity and

the compassion to set your intentions

for this new year. And remember, you can

always pivot. If it's not working for you in this moment,

pivot. Rewrite it. You are

the master of your narrative of your life,

not in the past, but moving forward. So really make sure

that the path you're walking in is the direction that you want to

go. Okay? So from my heart to yours,

namaste.