Why are everyone so f***ing busy
Sorry for the language. Our attention is hijacked. Reclaim it. Please listen to what I have to say and reclaim your ability to act more genuinely!
What do I mean with the ability to act more genuinely?
It is action based on a less noisy mind, fueled by your core values and gut feeling.
Nowadays we are bombarded with information. We live in an information dense society where we react to information: Eye-catching headlines, chaos, war and all sorts of attention-grabbing information from our phones, computers, newspapers. There is information overload and we get easily sucked into all this purposely design content to draw our attention in.
I propose that we slow down what affects our attention, what affects our ability to make better decisions and reclaim our ability to act more genuinely.
I propose that we take some time, close down social media, do not watch the news and just start reflecting and contemplating where you are now, what have happened and what you want in the future.
Keep reading and learn how to affect life in the direction that you intend it to be.
Practice doing nothing
In order to affect your life in the direction you want it to go, you need to listen to your own voice. Before you can do that, all noise from the outside world have to diminish. Start by placing all distracting stuff away from you, place your phone in another room and forget it existed. Sit down and just sit. Observe you mind and it’s chatter. Is the chatter unique? or is it just mental patterns repeating. Focus.
Reclaiming your attention
Pro tip: Breathe in through your nose and be aware of the air touching the nostrils. Breathe out slowly and slightly longer.
Your mind will calm down.
Now sit still, be awareness, observing with alertness your mind. Do nothing
Do this for like 10 minutes.
With some time you will reclaim back your attention and be aware when it is hijacked by some external stimuli.
Congrats. You are now enabling you own voice in a more clear space so you can make changes in your life!
The space of genuine action comes from a more free mind
It comes from a mind that is focused, attentive to your own internal state, and clarity in observation. A more free mind is a more still mind. In this state you can ask questions, in a unstressful state, ponder on these questions, let them be in your mind and let the answers get revealed.
What I find helpful is to take notes on what the mind says and feel if you resonate with what conclusions you have come to.
After some time you might see a pattern in what you want to do. You might see what core values are important for you.
Congrats. You are a more purposeful being having a direction in life and can act accordingly.
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All good. Thank you, from the mind of Lin.
Stay attentive, clear minded and be stillness! Less is definitely enabling more in life!