Setting intentions

There’s something powerful about setting an intention, a force that can transform how we navigate through life. Last year, I felt like had lost my way, my direction. Despite the exciting journey of Grow Grampians, I have been feeling a little drained. It’s not my style to feel powerless, yet I’ve found myself attached to a fixed mindset, waiting on something outside myself to determine my future. I’ve become a drifter.

Drifting, surfing, navigating—there really are three types of people, I prefer to refer to them as “modes”? The “drifter” – gets pushed around by life, floating along without any real sense of purpose. The “surfer” – rides the waves when they come, full of glory in the moment, but just as easily waits for the next wave to carry them along. And then, there’s the “navigator” – the one with intention, who sets a clear destination and steers toward it, even when the waves crash and the wind pushes them off course. The navigator finds their way back through effort and persistence.

And just to be clear, I have enormous admiration for actual surfers and the skill it takes to read the waves. I’m only borrowing the image as a metaphor for how we sometimes move through life.

Intention is our Northern Light—our internal guide, steering us toward our true purpose.

Here’s the thing: I am known as the navigator, and I know how fulfilling that is. But for a while, I had been feeling a little hollow and tired, out of resources and direction, I was drifting!

This is where the magic of intention comes in. Intention is like our Northern Light—our internal guide, steering us toward our true purpose. It’s what keeps us from drifting aimlessly, what transforms us from surfers into navigators, and the best thing is, it acts like fuel to the inner light!

Here’s the reality: a lot of us are drifting through life, unaware that we have the power to steer our own ship.

This is exactly what I am passionate about—to help people realize they are in charge of their own destination. By setting an intention, by taking ownership, we don’t just survive—we thrive. Life can flow with ease, aligning opportunities and people to support the direction we choose.

It’s a beautiful dance when we let intention guide us.

But I have to admit, I was drifting for a while. That’s why I’m writing this now. I’m writing because one of my intentions has always been to inspire others to thrive in life. Yet, here I was, just bobbing away!

But just like nature, there is eb and flow, contraction and expansion! And I am in no way or shape claiming this was an easy journey!

But with awareness and understanding, and willingness to learn and do the work, I was able to reset my compass. I chose to stop drifting and start navigating again. Navigating towards the establishment of GROW! And just by writing this, by setting this intention, I felt a shift—an energy returning, a sense of purpose pulling me forward once more.

Thank you for reading, for being here with me. I hope this inspires you to pick up your own compass and chart a course toward the life you truly want to live.

Let’s navigate together.