I was over at a friends’ house coworking, and we planned to wrap up at about 4:30. I was done and packed up, and came into her home office but it turned out she needed about 20 more minutes before she would be done.īut she was happy to have the company, and so I hung out on the super comfy couch in her office.For Anxiety and Stress "I was encouraged by my psychiatrist to try Prozac for the first time, 20 mg a day. When was the last time you daydreamed? I had a chance to last night. Observation replaced with time-filling mental fidgetingīefore smartphones, a lot of the time when we were waiting in lines, exercising, or doing chores, we would be daydreaming. Or, my personal favorite, googling ‘unlikely animal friends” and looking at all the pictures and reading the anecdotes about tigers and piglets being best friends.
Waiting in line at the grocery store? Checking email. Waiting for your Lyft or the bus or whatever? Playing candy crush, doing Duolingo, scrolling on social media, or doom-scrolling the news. Taking a walk? Podcast on. Washing the dishes? Audible.Įxercising via an app. With smartphones, we’re very rarely just BEING. Overall, being in the moment can help you to feel more present, grounded, and centered, and can improve your overall well-being and quality of life. And you deserve to enjoy your life right now, today. You are here, worthy, enough, and successful. When you ruminate, catch yourself, take a deep breath, look around you and ground yourself again in the moment. Keep in touch.Īccept the things you cannot change, and do the work to try to process events so you can let go. Birthday notes, get well soon’s, thank you cards. Take a mental picture, even make the clicking noise in your mind, and imagine yourself wrapping up the image and placing it in your heart. just do it goes a long way toward getting you up and out. Get through the inertia of avoiding old friends by just picking up the phone and calling before you can think about it. Listen to your friends’ laughter, look them in the eyes, and validate what you’re hearing. If you’re in a group, practice observing while you listen. Use meditation, deep breathing, or simply focus your attention on the sensations in your body or the sounds in your environment. Be aware of your surroundings in an observational, non-judgmental way. When you find yourself ruminating or worrying about your to-do list, stop and look around you. It’s an enormous weight off your shoulders that allow you to fully be in the moment for, and relish, the vacations you’ve earned, the rewards you give yourself, and the gifts you give others. It’s there to help remove distractions, help you feel confident that you’re on the right path, and allow you to worry less about choices and outcomes. Here are a few ways to practice being present daily: On your deathbed, are you going to reflect on moments of beauty and joy and success and comfort, or will you ruminate on the things you wish you had done?īeing in the moment is often associated with mindfulness practices. While the moments slip by us, it’s harder to cement memories of what we’re going through because we’re not really paying attention. Not being present takes us out of the current moment and places us in our past or our unknown future. When we’re distracted by the past, we have less patience and energy to pause and evaluate a situation before reacting. When we spend the entire day ruminating on our past, and worrying about the future, we find ourselves with little time to take pleasure in what we have, be grateful for what we have, and enjoy the experiences we’re going through throughout the day. This can help you to feel more connected to your own experience, as well as to the people and the world around you. When you are in the moment, you are fully aware of your surroundings, your thoughts, and your emotions, and you are able to respond to them in a calm and mindful way. It involves being able to focus your attention on what’s around you and engage with your current experience, without being distracted by thoughts about the past or worries about the future.
To be present means to be fully engaged with the current moment.
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