Put your fork down between bites to remind you.
Living in the moment full#
Try paying full attention to all the sensations of eating a bite of food. Food tastes better and you eat less of it. Once you have a plan, it’s easy to make progress if you stay zoomed in on the requirements of the moment, and only zoom out in order to figure out what they are. All projects consist of single actions, most of which are no tougher than dialing a phone, explaining something to someone, Googling someone’s contact info, or sketching up a model. Big projects stop being scary.įor the same reason that you can’t actually do a whole workout, you can’t actually do a whole project. At no point do you have to do any more than complete the current rep. You never have to actually “do” a whole workout at all, or even a set - and in fact you can’t. When you’re actually doing it, you’re never required to do more than a single moment’s action. Your workout might sometimes seem like a big, long grueling thing, but that’s only when you’re thinking about it. It’s still pain, but you know you’re handling it. When you put your attention right onto the pain, it’s remarkable how it takes the edge off. If you’re turning away from a sensation of pain, it gets mixed with resentment, wishing, blame, and other kinds of mental neediness. It’s the last thing you might think, but turning your awareness towards the feeling in your stubbed toe or aching stomach makes it much easier to bear. If you lose sight of that, you might misunderstand quitting as some big, abstract goal that can never be done now, such as “Maintain perfect self-control for the rest of your life.” It works the same with anything else.
That is the entirety of the goal, and it’s small enough to be achievable any time. Cravings become obvious and easier to overcome.Īll you have to do to quit smoking is notice when you’re having a craving, and respond to it by doing anything other than putting a cigarette in your mouth. There are actually hundreds of practical applications to practicing everyday mindfulness, even if you have no spiritual aspirations at all. The presence habit does much more than make for a peaceful walk to the store. Last week’s post on shutting up your mind throughout the day was a big hit, but it only hinted at the benefits. Keeping your attention in the present is the world’s most useful (and underrated) skill.
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