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But can I be honest with you? It’s really hard to rejoice in a day you never actually showed up for. It’s hard to be glad about something that happened to you instead of something you walked into on purpose.

So here’s what I want you to sit with today. Are you designing your day, or is your day designing you?

And before you get nervous, let me be clear about what I mean. Designing your day does not mean you have all the answers. It does not mean you wake up with a color-coded planner and a perfectly mapped-out timeline from sunrise to sunset. Some of you just exhaled, and I’m glad. Because that’s not what this is about.

Designing your day is about intentionality. It’s about being thoughtful with the who, what, how, where, when, and why of your hours.

It’s asking yourself before the noise starts, what matters most today? Who needs my attention? Where is my energy best spent? And honestly, what do I need to protect myself from so that I can actually be present for the things that count?

Because here’s what happens when we skip that step. When we don’t design our day, somebody else will. Your inbox will design it. Your coworker’s emergency will design it. Social media will design it. That one text message that sends your whole mood sideways before 9 a.m. will design it. And before you know it, you’re standing on the side of the road wondering how you got there, feeling like a passenger in your own life.

That’s no way to live. And it’s certainly not what you were created for.

Think about how your days work right now. Be real with yourself. Is there a rhythm? Is there any kind of structure that gives your hours a sense of purpose? Or are you flying by the seat of your pants most of the time, hoping things just somehow work out?

Ephesians 5:15-16 tells us: “Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity.“

Making the most. That’s an active phrase. That’s not sitting back and letting the current carry you wherever it wants to go. That’s choosing. That’s steering. That’s designing.

And here’s the thing about time that I need you to really hear. Time is the one thing you cannot get back. You can earn more money. You can rebuild a relationship. You can start a new career, move to a new city, try again in a hundred different areas of your life. But you cannot get back a single second of a day that has already passed. Not one.

So why would we treat our days like they’re disposable? Why would we hand them over to whatever happens to show up?

The K.I.S.S. ~ Design your day!

You are worth more than a life lived on autopilot. Your calling is worth more than leftover hours and scraped-together minutes. The people you love are worth more than the distracted, depleted version of you that shows up because you never took the time to be intentional about how your day would unfold.

Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.“

And I don’t share that to pile on guilt. I share it because it’s an invitation. Planning is not a burden. It’s a gift you give yourself. It’s you looking at the day ahead and saying, I’m going to show up for this. On purpose. With purpose.

Start small if you need to. Five minutes in the morning before the house wakes up. A prayer. A deep breath. A simple question: God, what do You have for me today? That’s designing your day. That’s putting your hands on the wheel instead of riding in the back seat with your eyes closed.

Proverbs 16:3 promises us, “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.“

Did you catch that? He will establish your plans. Not your chaos. Not your scramble. Your plans. The ones you brought to Him with intention and surrender. He honors that. He meets you in that.

So design your day. Not because you’re trying to control everything. Not because you think you have to have it all figured out. But because the life you’re living right now is the only one you’ve got, and it deserves more than your leftovers.

Your day is waiting for you to step into it. Not stumble through it. Not endure it. Step into it, fully present, fully aware, fully committed to making it count.

Design your day. Create your now!

Here’s Your Challenge:

Tomorrow morning, before you check your phone, before you open your email, before you respond to anyone else’s agenda, take five minutes. Just five. Sit down with a pen and a blank page and answer these six questions:

1. Who needs my presence today?
2. What matters most?
3. How do I want to show up?
4. Where will my energy go?
5. When will I pause to reset?
6. And why does this day matter?

Write your answers down. Pray over them. Then walk into your day on purpose.

Do this for one week straight and watch what shifts. You were not made to drift through your days. You were made to design your day.

“One step at a time leads to miles of greatness.” ~ Kristianne Wargo

“Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!“