A LITTLE MORE INTENTION. A LIFE THAT FEELS MORE LIKE YOURS.
Intentional Habits
A Simple Framework for Doing
More of What Matters Most
Make room for the life you keep meaning to live.
You don’t need to change everything at once. Start with what matters, build small actions that support it, and let your progress reach beyond you.
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FOR REAL LIFE, WITH ALL ITS MOVING PARTS
You can be busy
and still feel stuck.
You’re answering messages, meeting deadlines, and doing your best for the people around you. Yet the things you care about keep moving to the bottom of the list. Intentional Habits offers a way to bring them back into your everyday life.
If your attention feels scattered.
Find a clearer direction for your time and energy, instead of letting every urgent request decide your day.
If you keep starting over.
Build habits small enough to fit around work, family, and the ordinary interruptions that make life unpredictable.
If you want progress to mean more.
Connect personal growth to the relationships, creative pursuits, and contributions that make a life feel full.
THREE IDEAS. ONE MORE INTENTIONAL LIFE.
Direction. Daily action.
A reason beyond yourself.
The book’s framework moves from knowing what matters to acting on it, then connects those actions to the people and possibilities around you.
Clarity
Begin with the direction you want your life to take. Explore your values, question inherited goals, and give your everyday choices a reason that matters to you.
What deserves more of your attention?
Consistency
Turn that direction into small, repeatable actions. Learn to shape your surroundings, start with a manageable version of a habit, and return when life interrupts.
What can you keep showing up for?
Connection
Bring your growth into the relationships and communities that give it meaning. Make room for presence, shared challenges, and the example you set for others.
Who benefits when you show up?
WHAT YOU’LL TAKE INTO YOUR OWN LIFE
Practical ways to move
from intention to action.
Alongside personal stories and ideas from habit science and philosophy, you’ll find questions and challenges that help you put the framework to work.
Choose a meaningful direction
Connect your goals to your values, so progress feels purposeful rather than simply productive.
Make the first step smaller
Reduce the effort it takes to begin and build momentum with actions that fit your actual life.
Work with your surroundings
Understand the patterns behind your routines and make helpful choices easier to repeat.
Return after a setback
Move away from all-or-nothing thinking and practice starting again without waiting for a perfect week.
Be more present with others
Give relationships a place in your habits, rather than whatever time is left over.
Turn ideas into practice
Use the challenges at the end of each chapter to test a small change in your own day.
INSIDE INTENTIONAL HABITS
Three parts.
Nine chapters. Your next step.
Begin with clarity, build consistency, and explore connection. Open a chapter below for a closer look at the ideas you’ll work through.
PART I
Clarity
Picking the right direction
01 · Find Your Why
Explore the reasons beneath your goals and connect daily effort to something you care about.
02 · Define Your Values
Identify what you want your life to stand for and use it to guide everyday decisions.
03 · Change Your Mindset
Examine how your beliefs shape your choices, and practice seeing room for learning and growth.
PART II
Consistency
Building the right habits
04 · Understand Habits
Look at how repeated behaviors take shape and why familiar routines can be difficult to change.
05 · Build the Right Habits
Translate intention into practical systems that support the behaviors you want to repeat.
06 · Start Small, Start Now
Find a manageable starting point and let action create momentum before you feel fully ready.
PART III
Connection
Designing a life you love
07 · Better Together / Beyond Yourself
Explore how shared effort and meaningful relationships can support your growth.
08 · The Ripple Effect
Notice how your everyday choices influence your family, friends, and community.
09 · A Lasting Legacy / Happiness
Consider the life you are shaping and the impact of the ordinary moments you choose to invest in.
A look inside the current manuscript. Chapter titles may evolve before publication.
YOU CAN BEGIN BEFORE THE BOOK ARRIVES
Try one small step today.
Give one thing that matters a little more room in your day.
- Name what matters. Choose a value or relationship you want to give more attention.
- Make it manageable. Pick an action you can start in about two minutes.
- Give it a place. Connect it to something you already do, so there’s a clear moment to begin.
THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE FRAMEWORK
Hi, I’m Chris.
I started with small steps, too.
After a spinal injury left me unable to walk normally, recovery began with the smallest movements. My daughter gave those efforts a reason: I wanted to be present for her and show her what it meant to keep going.
Over time, small steps became walks, runs, and a triathlon. The same approach helped me finish degrees later in life, release piano music, and make more room for my family.
I’m an educator, author, and lifelong learner. Intentional Habits brings together what I’ve studied, practiced, and learned through setbacks: clarity gives your effort direction, consistency helps you continue, and connection makes it meaningful.
Your starting point may look different. The invitation is the same: begin where you are, with something that matters to you.
More about my story ↗A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING
Before you begin.
When will Intentional Habits be available?
Intentional Habits is coming in 2027. An exact release date has not been announced. Join the newsletter above for updates and a free first-chapter preview.
Can I order or preorder it now?
Ordering details are not available yet. This page will be updated when they’re ready. For now, you can read the free chapter and get to know the framework.
Do I need a big goal or a complete life reset?
No. You can begin with one area you want to give more attention: a relationship, a learning goal, your health, or a creative project. The framework starts with your values and the next manageable action.
Is this mainly a productivity book?
Productivity is part of the picture, but the focus is on doing more of what matters most. The connection section explores how habits can support relationships, contribution, and a meaningful life beyond a completed to-do list.
How do I get the free chapter?
Enter your email in the form above, then confirm your subscription using the email from Kit. The confirmation takes you to the first-chapter preview. You’ll also join my monthly newsletter and can unsubscribe anytime.
How should I use the book?
Read at your own pace and try the chapter challenges as you go. You can explore the habit-building chapters first, then return to the clarity section when you want to reconnect your actions to your values.
INTENTIONAL HABITS · COMING 2027
Someday can start
with one small step.
You don’t need a perfect plan to begin. Find something worth making room for, and take the next step in that direction.
Intentional Habits
tiny changes, Huge Impact
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Clarity is about uncovering the deeper reason behind your goals. Without it, even the best habits can leave you busy but unfulfilled.
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Consistency is where your vision becomes reality through small, repeatable actions that compound over time.
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Connection is what transforms personal habits into something greater than yourself, where your habits ripple outward into relationships, purpose, and legacy.
You don’t need more motivation.
You need better habits.
Nearly half of our daily actions are automatic and these patterns quietly shape your health, your relationships, your energy, and your future.
Left unchecked, unintentionally habits can leave you feeling stuck, distracted, and always tired.
I’ve been there too.
For example, a few years ago, I came home from work and lifted my three-year-old daughter into the air.
My legs collapsed.
A herniated disc was pressing against my spinal cord. Doctors told me that with therapy, I might walk normally again.
The next morning, my young daughter tried to “heal” me by massaging my feet with her tiny hands. That was the moment that everything changed.
I couldn’t control the diagnosis.
But I could control my habits.
Over the years, I had read hundreds of books on habits, performance, psychology, and growth. I had experimented with different systems, routines, and productivity strategies. I kept what worked and discarded what didn’t.
Little by little, I built a simple systems — ones that helped me focus on what mattered most and let go of what didn’t.
And something unexpected happened.
I didn’t just regain strength.
I gained margin.
I was working full time.
Raising my daughter.
Investing in my marriage.
Training consistently.
And eventually, the systems started to compound.
Short jogs that compounded into a marathon. Night classes that compounded into college degrees. Time with family compounded into deeper relationships. Reaching out compounded into an amazing community committed to doing hard things together.
My marriage grew stronger.
I spent more time fully present with my family.
There were fewer distractions — and far more intention.
None of it happened because I suddenly had more time.
It happened because I became intentional with the time I already had.
The Real Problem
Most people don’t fail because they lack ambition.
They fail because they rely on motivation.
Motivation fades.
Willpower fluctuates.
Life gets busy.
However, habits remain.
And if you don’t design them, they will design you.
The Framework
The system that has worked for me and many others boils down to three simple pillars: clarity, consistency, and connection.
Clarity gives direction — because if you don’t know your deeper “why,” your habits won’t survive hard days.
Consistency turns intention into momentum. Real change is rarely dramatic; it’s built through small actions repeated long enough to compound.
Connection gives it meaning. Your habits don’t just shape you — they ripple outward. When you grow, your family grows. Your community grows. Your legacy grows.
These pillars are rooted in years of study, real-world practice, ancient wisdom that has stood the test of time, and modern evidence-based principles that explain why small, intentional actions create lasting change.
Inside This Book, You’ll Learn How To:
Identify what truly matters to you
Reduce stress and anxiety by aligning your daily actions with a clear, meaningful “why.”
Build simple, repeatable systems that help you manage your time without feeling overwhelmed.
Minimize distractions and stay focused
Strengthen your relationships by being more present and intentional with the people who matter most.
Who This Book Is For
If you’ve been feeling stressed… stretched thin… or like there just aren’t enough hours in the day — this is for you.
If you know you’re capable of more but keep getting pulled into distraction, busyness, or cycles of starting over — you’re not alone. And this book was written with you in mind.
Maybe you want more energy.
Maybe you want more focus.
Maybe you just want to take more control of your time.
You just need small changes that actually stick.
That’s what this book is about.
It’s for real people with real responsibilities — jobs, families, obligations — who still want to grow without burning out.
No hacks.
No overnight reinventions.
No empty hype.
Just research-backed principles, real-world stories, and a clear framework to help you build a life you love.
If you are ready to start building a more intentional life, then this book is for you.
