Lifestyle Design: Forget Your Default Life and Create Your Intentional Life

You’ve heard a lot about lifestyle design, but what does it actually mean?

You get to build the future you want. Photo by Kumpan Electric on Unsplash

Lifestyle design is thinking about, planning, and creating a life based on your priorities.

Or what I call an intentional life.

How does this differ from your life right now?

You’re currently living a default life.

A default life is based on societal norms and expected education, work, and paths.

A default life looks like this:

• Public school for K-12 for standardized testing
• College education for a useless degree
• Work 40 years at a dead-end job
• Retire and finally travel
• Die broke

An intentional life looks like this:

• Alternative school to learn real-life skills
• Have multiple careers to find stimulating work
• A sabbatical or two to spend extra time with kids or travel
• Reach financial independence in your 40s and choose to work or not