Ep. 138 – Jason Thomas on How to Design Your Intentional Life

What does your perfect day look like? Does today look like that perfect day?

In this episode, Jason Thomas of Regeneration Nation Costa Rica shares foundational steps to design your intentional life.

Needs most people have:

  • Wealth
  • Health
  • Relationships
  • Spirituality

What does your perfect day look like?

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Grant Payne’s garden tunnel

What does your perfect day look like? Is it like some long weekend day? Get up a leisurely time, garden?

Back in Ep. 14 – A Perfect Day, Perpend’s perfect day was to garden, read, and pray. Perpend has ultimately fulfilled that by becoming a monk at a monastery.

When thinking about your Perfect Day, some people get bogged down with the either/or, the all or nothing. “I can’t have that kind of perfect day and still have my house, and my life”. So they grumble. I know, I’ve been there.

Maybe it’s not either/or ands all or nothing. To Design Your Intentional Life, start small.

Develop multiple sources of income so you have some resiliency. They probably won’t replace your entire income, but they can bridge a gap.

Part of an intentional life that may be getting to a place where you can take a job with less pay, with better hours. Perhaps with little or no commute. And less conflict and stress.

Retirement should not wait until you are old and may not be able to appreciate it.

Design your life instead of just existing. Thrive instead of just surviving.

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Permaculture Business Design

We also discuss how to apply permaculture principles to your business or side hustle.

Check out Jason’s FREE e-book: 77 Ways to Practice Permaculture Professionally. (some may surprise you)

Permaculture Business Design course

I am taking the Permaculture Business Design Course from Regeneration Nation Costa Rica – This course will guide you step-by-step toward designing a profession that cultivates your permaculture education into a regenerative livelihood.


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