d been looking forward to the meal for weeks. I already knew what I was going to eat: the rosemarystarter, then the lamb with courgette fries. Or maybe the cod. I planned to arrive early and sit in the window at the cool marble counter and watch London go by. In the warm bustle of the restaurant, the condensation would mist the pane. As a treat, I would order myself a glass of white wine while I waited for my friend.
The very recent past is suddenly another country. Now, amateur archaeologists of our own existence, we sort through our possessions and stumble on small relics from “then”, that strange place we used to live: a bus pass, a lipstick, a smart watch, a pair of shoes with the heels worn down, work clothes that, after just six months in stretchy active-wear, feel as stiff and preposterous as whalebone.
Many moments of happiness are about anticipation, the joy of the imagined future – and distracting ourselves from the tedious, exhausting or difficult present. Yet even our small consumer choices or our musings about what to do this weekend now bring us back to the big, overpowering reality of the pandemic. We cannot escape it. Our daydreams have come crashing back to earth: 2020 is the year that the future was cancelled.
Why let such finicky problems get in the way? After all, the present seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. In recent years many clever companies have found a way to empty our wallets along with our minds. You can now buy “gratitude” and “well-being” journals, and “positive year-planners”. In 2015 adult colouring books became a surprise hit: some 12m volumes were sold in America alone, according to Nielsen Bookscan. These days there are mindful guides to everything from anger to recruitment.
Daydreaming, or mind-wandering, as the wonks call it, is part of universal human experience. In 2008 one Harvard study found that people spent nearly half of their waking hours mind-wandering – often about good things. Imagining a positive outcome is a popular technique to build resilience and confidence in everything from sport to job interviews. Teachers may tell pupils off for daydreaming in lessons but studies show a link between daydreaming and creative thought.
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1843mag Live in the present and realize the moment. Realize yourself. Things start to take shape.
1843mag I beg to differ! Mindfulness is the only practice keeping me sane during this endless abyss of bad policy and behaviour.
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CatherineNixey 1843mag NO SHI7.
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1843mag And all of 2021 and Stay Tuned for 2022...
1843mag well it is never easy to live in these pandemic conditions... but cancell the future or trying to escape from present are pretty mistakes... it depends a lot on where your heart is... this is a personal choice, everyone should try the best... forget anything else... 😎
1843mag Interesting perspective but does she really get it ? - probably true to some extent of 'secular' mindfulness - we do derive happiness from the hope and expectation about the future - personally I did feel the need to add other elements; Yoga - Kriya to help me deal with this !
1843mag We know you are a mouthpiece for the CCP, WEF, Agenda 21/2030, etc. etc. etc. Of course you want people to think mindfulness is useless. But we are not listening to you.
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1843mag Negativity is useless during a pandemic
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1843mag We are living history
CatherineNixey 1843mag Negative view that I do not share. Repeat it to you a three more times and your predictions will come true. But for you, not for me.
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CatherineNixey 1843mag Can’t understand why the United States spends so much on the pentagon when a virus can do so much damage.
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