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Slow Down And Live In The Moment

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1) Ask yourself if you are becoming too rigid. Do you find yourself being more and more serious, concerned with control and laughing a lot less? When you are with friends and family are you making little lists in your head or racing off to use your cell phone or laptop?

2) Do you feel it’s been a while since you’ve been fully in any moment? Try this week to really embrace two activities you are involved in using your undivided attention. Give yourself permission to let your mind clear itself of other obligations for two set times this week and see what that is like for you.

3) Do you find that little things are becoming magnified larger than life? Is it another morning where your daughter didn’t take the food out of her room before school or feed the cat like she was supposed to? In the movie, “My life as a dog” the protagonist found comfort in remembering that there are others in worse circumstances than himself. This helped him to not blow up his current situation.

Try to see what the point of the busy buzz is that you create each day and if some of the items on the list can be eliminated rather than pursued. Let others multi-task while you stay focused and present.

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April 21, 2008 | Category: Stress Management 

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