If there is something you still want to accomplish before the year ends, your 30-pack of INTENTION // Bay Leaves can become a simple 30-day ritual for helping you stay connected to it.
The Great Lock-In is about choosing something that matters to you and giving it more of your focus during the final months of the year.
For this practice, you are going to make that commitment physical.
One goal.
30 supporting intentions.
30 bay leaves.
30 days.
Before your 30-day Lock-In begins, you will choose one goal and come up with 30 intentions to support it.
You will write one intention at the top of each leaf, mix your leaves together, and pull one every morning.
Then you will use the writing space on the leaf to spend a few minutes with the intention you pulled, burn the bay leaf, and carry that intention into your day.
By the time you reach your final leaf, you will have created 30 separate moments of returning to something you said you wanted.
Quick Version
Choose one goal for your 30-day Lock-In.
Create 30 intentions that support it and write one at the top of each bay leaf.
Each morning, pull one leaf, repeat the intention on both sides, burn it, and carry that intention into your day.
Why Use a 30-Pack for Your Lock-In?
Thirty days gives you enough time to create repetition while still giving the practice a clear beginning and ending.
Your INTENTION // Bay Leaves 30 Pack naturally creates that structure for you.
You start with 30 leaves.
You prepare 30 intentions.
You use one leaf each day.
Each leaf becomes another opportunity to bring your attention back to your larger goal.
Step One: Decide What You Are Locking In On
Before writing anything on your leaves, choose one primary focus for your 30 days.
You might choose:
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growing your business
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finishing a creative project
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applying for new opportunities
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becoming more consistent with a habit
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improving a skill
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saving toward something important
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creating more peace in your daily life
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moving a personal goal forward
Choose something clear enough that you can recognize what would support it.
For example, instead of:
I want to grow my business.
You might decide:
For the next 30 days, I am locking in on consistently doing things that generate revenue for my business.
Instead of:
I want to take better care of myself.
You might choose:
For the next 30 days, I am locking in on creating more rest and space in my daily life.
Step Two: Create 30 Intentions That Support Your Goal
Now ask yourself:
What are 30 daily intentions that could support me as I work toward this goal?
This is where the ritual becomes more than simply writing the same big goal every morning.
Your goal gives you the direction.
Your 30 intentions give you 30 different ways to support that direction.
If your goal is to grow your business, some of your intentions might be:
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I choose to make the offer.
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I choose to listen to my customers.
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I choose to follow up.
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I choose to finish what I start.
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I choose to protect my focus.
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I choose to notice opportunities.
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I choose to do something today that supports revenue.
If your goal is to create more peace, your intentions might include:
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I choose to enjoy the quiet moments today.
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I choose to create space before I respond.
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I choose to protect my time.
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I choose to give myself room to rest.
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I choose to move through today with intention.
Coming up with all 30 before you begin also gives you an opportunity to think more deeply about what your goal actually requires.
You are taking one large desire and asking yourself what thoughts, behaviors, decisions, and ways of moving through your life could support it.
Step Three: Prepare Your 30 Bay Leaves
Take your bay leaves and write one of your supporting intentions at the top of each leaf. Continue until all 30 leaves have been prepared.
Then place them together and mix them up.
You do not need to know which intention you will receive tomorrow.
You have already intentionally chosen all 30, and each one supports the same larger goal.
Now you get to let the daily ritual reveal which one you will work with.
Step Four: Pull One Bay Leaf Every Morning
Each morning, randomly choose one leaf and read the intention written at the top.
Then spend a few minutes writing that intention again across the rest of the leaf.
If you pull:
I choose to make the offer.
You might write:
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I choose to make the offer.
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I choose to make the offer.
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I choose to make the offer.
Continue across the front and back for as long as you would like or until you have filled the space.
This is one of the reasons I love the size of INTENTION // Bay Leaves.
Many bay leaves from the spice aisle are small, narrow, curled, or only have enough usable surface for a word or two.
INTENTION // Bay Leaves are selected with writing in mind, giving you room to write a complete intention and use the leaf for a repetition practice like this one.
Instead of the leaf simply holding the name of your goal, the leaf becomes the place where you actually spend time with it.
Step Five: Burn Your Bay Leaf
Once you finish writing, read your intention again and burn your bay leaf safely.
The burning becomes the closing moment of your daily ritual.
You chose the intention, wrote it, held it, and spent a few minutes giving it your attention.
Then you release the leaf and take the intention with you into the rest of your day.
If burning bay leaves is already part of your manifestation practice, this adds a 30-day structure to that familiar ritual, centered on a single focus.
Step Six: Let the Intention Follow You Into the Day
Your ritual may take only a few minutes, but the intention does not have to end with the burning of the bay leaf.
Notice how it shows up throughout your day.
If you pulled:
I choose to make the offer.
You may realize you need to send an email, talk about a product, or follow up with a customer.
If you pulled:
I choose to enjoy the quiet moments today.
You may notice the moments when you have an opportunity to slow down rather than immediately filling the space.
Some intentions may lead directly to an action.
Others may change what you pay attention to, how you make a decision, or how you move through the day.
The goal stays the same.
The intention gives you something smaller to carry with you today.
Why 30 Different Intentions Matter
That is what makes this version of the Lock-In ritual interesting.
You are not simply writing the same goal 30 times.
You are exploring what supports that goal.
One day may be about action.
Another may be about patience.
All 30 leaves point back toward the same larger vision.
By the end of the 30 days, you will have approached your vision from 30 different intentions.
What If You Miss a Day?
Pick up where you left off.
Your 30-pack is still there.
Pull your next bay leaf and return to the ritual.
The purpose of the practice is to create repeated opportunities to reconnect with what matters to you.
Returning is part of the practice.
Whether your 30 leaves take exactly 30 consecutive days or you need a little longer, you can continue until you reach the final leaf.
Your Final Bay Leaf
When you reach your 30th leaf, give yourself a moment to look back at the month before you burn it.
Ask yourself:
- What moved forward?
- What became clearer?
- Which intentions affected me the most?
- What did I actually do differently?
- What do I want to continue?
- Does this goal need another 30 days?
Then complete your final bay leaf ritual.
The end of the 30-pack gives you a natural checkpoint.
Maybe you accomplished what you wanted.
Maybe you created momentum.
Maybe you learned that the way you were approaching the goal needs to change.
Maybe you decide to lock in for another 30 days.
The final leaf marks the completion of one focused season and gives you a moment to decide what comes next.
When Should You Start Your 30-Day Lock-In?
The Great Lock-In begins in September, and you can begin your personal 30-day ritual whenever you are ready during the month.
You may choose September 1.
You may spend the first few days deciding what deserves your focus and creating your 30 intentions.
You may choose another date in September that feels meaningful to you.
Give yourself enough time to choose a goal you genuinely want to focus on and thoughtfully prepare your leaves.
Then begin.
Why the INTENTION // Bay Leaves 30 Pack Works for This Ritual
The 30 Pack fits this practice naturally because the structure is already built into the product.
You have 30 leaves for 30 days.
Each leaf gives you a place to hold one supporting intention.
And because INTENTION // Bay Leaves are selected with writing in mind, you have enough usable space to write more than a single word or short phrase.
That matters for this ritual because the writing is part of the practice.
You can write your intention at the top of the leaf, then use the remaining space on the front and back for repetition writing before you burn it.
The 30 Pack also gives the ritual a clear beginning and ending.
And when you reach the final leaf, you have a natural moment to reflect on what changed, what moved forward, and what you want to carry with you next.
If you have been thinking about trying INTENTION // Bay Leaves, the Great Lock-In gives you a clear way to use the entire 30 Pack with purpose.
Shop the INTENTION // Bay Leaves 30 Pack and create your 30-day Great Lock-In ritual.