How to Stay in the Present Moment in Everyday Life: 5 Simple Habits

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Buddha There is only one time and place where you can be and have any control over. The present moment. But most of us still spend a lot of our regular days lost in memories, reliving a sunny vacation or maybe more commonly repeating an old conflict or negative situation over and over in our thoughts. Or we get lost in scenarios about what could happen in the future. Maybe through wishful daydreams. Or maybe by building monsters in our minds as thoughts go round and and round and create scary and dangerous mountains out of molehills or just air. Or your thoughts may become split and unfocused between several different things and tasks. If you spend a lot of your everyday moments and time in the future or the past or you have difficulty focusing and you feel this may have a negative effect on your life then maybe you want to learn to live more in the present moment. Here’s what works for me to do that. Just a few simple things that I use in my normal day. 1. Single-task not only your work. I and many others have often written and talked about the importance of single-tasking your work to get it done more effectively. I have found that it becomes easier for me to stay present for more time throughout my day if I single-task everything as best I can. That means to not use tabs when I browse the internet but to just be fully engaged with one thing online at a time. It means ...
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