Do you find that it is easier to be more present (less distracted) when doing new things?
For example, moving to a new place, first day at a job, trying a new meal? Occasionally, time even seems to slow down, doesn’t it?
These days I’m quite caught up in my thoughts and I have decided to play with the concept of novelty, to help me be more present in my day-to-day.
Specifically, I am experimenting with ‘micro-dosing’: small effortless doses of novel mini-actions, producing spikes of presence scattered through-out the day. For example, just before writing this I washed my eyes with my left hand. Other examples can be to sit at different spot on the sofa, or cook a new recipe.
Let’s see if these persistent nagging thoughts loosen their grip...
Author: JD
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