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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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