Intentions as meditation objects

Recently I have started to set intentions, like to read more, so that I can reveal to myself cravings for things that are not in line with the intention. If my mind says to watch TV, I recognize it as craving better now that I know that the intention is to read instead. If I never set the intention to read, I would just be on auto pilot and not recognize watching TV as a craving. It's like the intention acts as a backdrop that reveals emerging cravings clearly, with less identification. Does Buddhism teach this sort of setting of intentions as meditation objects at all?