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How does coach                                                                                                                                                                ow do YOU wake up in the morning? Do you
                        one sip at a time
                 living intentionally
                                                                                                                                                                                                           set 25 alarms, then press snooze 25 times? Af-
                             Gina Sampson get                                                                                                                                                      H ter that? Do you roll out of bed, schlep down
                             her team going in                                                                                                                                                     to your Keurig and throw in a pod, take the first sip and
                             the morning?                                                                           Gina                                                                           awwwwwww, there it is! Morning! There’s nothing like
                                                                                                                                                                                                   the first sip.

                             With a giant cup of                                                                                                                                                   Then, what about the rest of your day? Do you go on
                             full caffeinated                                                                                                                                                      with intention and live your life? I mean truly live it to
                             INTENTIONALITY                                                                                                                                                        its fullest? Or do you live it numb, status quo and medi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ocrity is fine by you?

                                                                                                                                                                                                   What if you lived your life daily with intention? What
                                                                                                                                                                                                   do you think could happen? Well that’s exactly what I
                                                                                                                                                                                                   do now.



                                                                                                                                                                                                   I’ve learned that being clear on what you want is the way
                                                                                                                                                                                                   to live, and being intentional is key. I wanted to share
                                                                                                                                                                                                   this with my Women’s Group, Intentionally Creating
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Your Best You. As a group we were reading, Intentional
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Living by, John C. Maxwell. I love to incorporate hands
                                                                                                                                                                                                   on learning and wondered how can we do that? Ahhhh-
                                                                                                                                                                                                   hh, remember, the first sip? I love my coffee!

                                                                                                                                                                                                   How about we set out to be intentional about our day
                      Contributing Author:                                                                                                                                                         by writing our intentions daily on our mugs? Perhaps
                      GINA SAMPSON                                                                                                                                                                 this would help to keep the focus in the forefront of our
                                                                                                                                                                                                   brains throughout the day.  The ladies loved it, I gave
                                                                                                                                                                                                   them all mugs with a dry erase marker. We now write
                                                                                                                                                                                                   our intention on our mug before going to bed so that
                            rituals help                                                                                                                                                           we not only wake up to it but go to bed with it on our
                                                                                                                                                                                                   mind.
                        processes stick                                                                                                                                                            It’s become a fun and humorous way to be consistent

                                                                                                                                                                                                   about being intentional daily. Some days I focus on
                                                                                                                                                                                                   being fun, positive, happy now, giving, and even some
                                                                                                                                                                                                   days a little bad ass!

                               Having your clients                                                                                                                                                 I’ve been able to become consistent with my daily mug.
                             conduct physical daily                                                                                                                                                It’s helped me tremendously through daily obstacles.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   After having a troublesome day staying positive it
                                rituals helps keep                                                                                                                                                 popped in my head that I should write “positive” on my
                                engagement and                                                                                                                                                     mug for the following day. I did just that and it truly
                                                                                                                                                                                                     helped me to remember throughout the day that I will
                                  commitment.                                                                                                                                                          BE POSITIVE today, sip after positive sip. It bright-
                                                                                                                                                                                                        ened my day and put a grin on my face knowing
                                                                                                                                                                                                         that I was intentional.
                              Change is hard, and
                           breaking routines is even                                                                                                                                                       I strive to spread the love of living intention-
                                                                                                                                                                                                           ally, it helps us from the inside out. It shows
                             harder. Integrating the                                                                                                                                                       up in such a positive way with everything we
                          change into an established                                                                                                                                                       encounter daily. I post my mug daily on social
                                                                                                                                                                                                           media to encourage others to join the jour-
                              daily routine greatly                                                                                                                                                       ney. I’ve enjoyed the comments of friends and
                            improves success rates!                                       Committing and caring through coffee.                                                                          family and pray they take the time to invest in
                                                                                                                                                                                                        themselves to learn to live life to its fullest, and to
                                                                                        Yes it’s Ladies Night, and the feelings right,                                                                 live it intentionally.
                                                                                                OH, WHAT A NIGHT!

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