Staying in the moment

[raccoon]

I’m going to try to stay in the moment more. So many times I’m doing something and thinking about what I’m going to do next. What I’m going to do when I get home. And so on.

Any suggestions as to how one does this?

[NMDemDist2]

1. it takes lots of discipline and practice

but it's well worthwhile cuz fear lives in the future

I put a rubber band around my wrist to remind me several times a day, maybe that will help?

[raccoon]

2. Maybe I'll try that. thanks. nt

" fear lives in the future"

I hadn't heard that, but I'll remember it.

[NMDemDist2]

3. another technique I used to use was to apologize

say I had a big thing coming up, any kind of thing. getting a house, a job, going on a trip whatever and once I did the steps and "turned it over" if I found myself "taking it back" I'd apologize to my HP and turn it back over

it would start out being several times an hour :rofl: this alkie is stubborn ya know :evilgrin:

but eventually I'd get tired of apologizing twenty times a day and pretty soon I could stay in the present with out flying out to the future every 10 minutes