Something I try to keep at the forefront of my mind is the question, how can I be living with intention? With my health, finances, relationships, work, faith, and other areas of life, are the actions I am taking now on a trajectory that will likely lead to where I would want to be 5, 10, or even 50 years from now?

In a quote that captures this idea well, Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

We can only be in one moment at a time – now – and each moment fills up each day. How we live each day, in turn, fills up how we live our lives. Each present moment, each day, is of significance.

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