Are Your Days Taking You Where You Want to Go?

Last week at the Gloo AI Hackathon, Tim Harrison said something I haven’t been able to shake:

“What you don’t specify will be decided for you.”

He told a story about riding in a self-driving car.

The car was doing everything it was supposed to do.

Moving.

Turning.

Staying in its lane.

Navigating traffic.

There was just one problem.

He hadn’t entered a destination.

The car was moving, but where was it going?

That preached a message.

I think a lot of us are living that way.

We’re moving.

Working. Parenting. Building. Serving. Answering emails. Making dinner. Going to meetings. Checking things off our to-do lists.

Our calendars are full.

Our days are moving fast.

But have we specified where we actually want them to take us?

A Life Can Drift While You’re Busy Living It

Most people I know can tell you what matters to them.

God.

Family.

Health.

Relationships.

Purpose.

Meaningful work.

But knowing what matters and living like it matters are two different things.

Because life rarely gets off course all at once.

It happens a day at a time.

You miss the workout.

You work through dinner.

You pick up your phone instead of listening.

You tell yourself you’ll call them tomorrow.

You’ll start reading your Bible again when things slow down.

You’ll take the trip next year.

You’ll make the change when you have more time.

One day doesn’t seem consequential.

Until days become weeks.

Weeks become months.

Months become years.

And eventually, those years become your life.

Your life can be incredibly full and still be taking you somewhere you never intended to go.

That’s why Tim’s words hit me so hard.

What you don’t specify will be decided for you.

If you don’t decide what gets your time, something else will.

If you don’t decide what deserves your attention, something else will take it.

If you don’t decide what relationships need your presence, the urgent will keep beating the important.

And if you don’t stop occasionally to ask where all of this movement is taking you, you can travel a long way before realizing it’s not where you wanted to go.

This Is Why Today Matters

This is the question underneath what we’re building at Today Matters.

Not:

How can we help people accomplish more?

But:

How can we help people see whether the way they’re spending their days is actually taking them toward the life they say they want?

That’s the heart behind Ankor.

Ankor is being built to help make the truth visible.

To help you see where your days are actually going.

Then you decide what to do with what you see.

SEE.

What’s true?

RENEW.

Does something in the way I’m thinking or living need to change?

TRANSFORM.

What small choice can I make today that moves my life back toward what matters?

No shame.

No judgment.

Not another technology telling you how to live your life.

Clarity. Reflection.

Setting you up to make a better choice.

Because you should remain the one choosing the destination.

So Where Are You Headed?

Maybe that’s the question worth reflecting on today.

Not:

Am I busy?

Not:

Am I accomplishing enough?

Not even:

Am I moving forward?

But:

Is the way I’m living today taking me where I actually want my life to go?

Because movement and direction are not the same thing.

And if you don’t choose your direction, life has a way of choosing one for you.

Your life is being built one today at a time.

Is it the life story you want told?

Ankor. Because Today Matters.