Mindfulness with Time

Time is a funny thing isn’t it? On vacation you feel you have all the time in the world to explore everything and at work you feel you never have enough time to get it all done. Not having enough time makes you feel stressed and this causes unhappiness. So how do you keep the vacation feeling when you’re not on vacation? Yes, you know the answer: we integrate mindfulness into our day to day life. How? By staying present with one task at hand throughout your work day.  If you are driving to an appointment and are late, just drive calmly, don’t rush and don’t think about all your appointments of the day as this will stress you out more, if you are reading a document, just read it one breath at a time so you can focus, don’t think about all the other things you have to read for work, if your boss is yelling at you, take deep breath, be present and listen, try your best not to take it personal and redirect your focus on what needs to be done in that moment in time. Concentrating on one thing at a time is key to bringing peace into your work day. Notice how you feels when you are just present with what you are doing right now: you are reading this article. Take a deep breath in and out. You don’t think about what you’re going to do after reading this article,… you just stay present with one task at hand. Doing this you allows yourself to integrate a little vacation feeling into your daily work life.