https://carmabaughman.com/tags/intentional-living/ Recent content in Intentional-Living on Carma Baughman Hugo en Carma Baughman Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/creativity-isnt-a-talent-its-a-practice-that-changes-everything/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/creativity-isnt-a-talent-its-a-practice-that-changes-everything/ When my job started feeling like drudgery, I picked up a camera. What happened next surprised me — and it had almost nothing to do with photography. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/what-makes-you-cry-or-furious-is-trying-to-tell-you-something/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/what-makes-you-cry-or-furious-is-trying-to-tell-you-something/ Your strongest emotions aren't random. The things that move you to tears or light you up with anger are pointing at something real about who you are and what you're here to do. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/when-the-ground-shifts-how-to-navigate-big-life-transitions/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/when-the-ground-shifts-how-to-navigate-big-life-transitions/ Big transitions — chosen or not — can leave you unsteady. Here's how to stay grounded in who you are while you find your way to what's next. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/why-creating-just-for-yourself-feels-selfish-and-why-thats-the-whole-point/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/why-creating-just-for-yourself-feels-selfish-and-why-thats-the-whole-point/ When your creative work serves no one but you, it can feel indulgent — even wrong. But that discomfort might be pointing at exactly the thing you need most. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/writing-is-how-i-think-maybe-its-how-you-do-too/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/writing-is-how-i-think-maybe-its-how-you-do-too/ Every creative practice — writing, painting, photography, music — does something for you that nothing else quite can. Here's what it actually does, and why it might be worth starting. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/you-already-know-what-makes-you-come-alive-you-just-havent-trusted-it-yet/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/you-already-know-what-makes-you-come-alive-you-just-havent-trusted-it-yet/ The moments that light you up aren't random. They repeat. And they've been trying to tell you something for a long time. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/what-if-your-career-followed-your-life-instead-of-leading-it/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/what-if-your-career-followed-your-life-instead-of-leading-it/ Nobody told me a career could look the way mine did. Once I stopped letting my career lead my life — and started letting my life lead my career — everything changed. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/when-your-work-becomes-your-identity-and-what-it-costs-you/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/when-your-work-becomes-your-identity-and-what-it-costs-you/ When your sense of worth gets tangled up in your work, it's hard to see clearly. Here's what happens when you finally look at what you're really chasing. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/the-dream-i-talked-myself-out-of-and-what-it-actually-cost/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/the-dream-i-talked-myself-out-of-and-what-it-actually-cost/ A single throwaway phrase stopped me from pursuing work I loved for over a decade. Here's how it happened — and what I finally learned from it. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/your-career-was-never-supposed-to-be-a-straight-line/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/your-career-was-never-supposed-to-be-a-straight-line/ We're taught to plan our careers as if they're destinations. But the most meaningful careers aren't straight lines — they're journeys that reveal themselves as you go. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/youre-not-falling-behind-youre-between-chapters/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/youre-not-falling-behind-youre-between-chapters/ That feeling of falling behind might have nothing to do with being behind. It might just mean you're in a season you haven't named yet. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/starting-over-isnt-the-end-of-the-story-its-a-new-chapter/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/starting-over-isnt-the-end-of-the-story-its-a-new-chapter/ We tend to think of starting over as something heavy — a setback, a failure. What if we've been looking at it backwards? https://carmabaughman.com/posts/ten-ways-to-stop-running-from-the-restlessness-and-start-listening/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/ten-ways-to-stop-running-from-the-restlessness-and-start-listening/ That inner restlessness isn't something to push through or bury under busyness. It's trying to tell you something. Here's how to start listening. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/how-to-find-purpose-in-a-job-that-no-longer-fits/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/how-to-find-purpose-in-a-job-that-no-longer-fits/ You don't have to love your job to find something meaningful in it. Here's how to extract value from where you are while you work toward where you're going. https://carmabaughman.com/posts/when-life-looks-fine-but-feels-all-wrong/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://carmabaughman.com/posts/when-life-looks-fine-but-feels-all-wrong/ That quiet restlessness you feel isn't a problem to fix. It's a signal to follow. Here's how to start listening.