Do you really live in the present moment?

[Look But Don't Touch]

Hello, very bad, bad sl***  It's just another important thread from me that will most likely flop but whatever, I don't judge you  I do

The thing I will talk about here really can change your life and make you feel good. And it's totally nothing complicated. Just live your life in the present moment. ''Umm but how, you s xy b tch?'' - you may ask me. And I must admit I didn't understand what ''living in the present moment'' meant as well cause umm I literally lived in the present moment, right? Well yesterday I finally understood  And it made me feel good and calm. 

People are always so busy thinking about the past, the future and other stuff, literally 24/7. When we eat, listen to music, walk, pee etc. most of the time we ignore these activities and instead of focusing on them and feeling them, we are too busy thinking. And that makes you unhappy. Thinking. Worrying etc. It's a normal thing to do tho, we can't just stop thinking forever, it's impossible. But it's nothing bad. We can just choose to focus on something nice and when mind again starts to wonder again, we just take our attention back to our, for example, breath. This is called meditation. There's thousand of ways to meditate. You totally don't have to sit in weird position or anything like that. You can meditate listening to Britney's music, eating your favorite food etc. How? Just stop everything you are doing, close your eyes (if you want to) and focus completely on, for example instrumental of the song you listen to. You can find amazing hidden things there, you can notice how beautiful the song really is. It feels great. Focus on this completely, don't do anything else. I was honestly shocked how Britney's songs are even more amazing than I thought before. Do this w/ few songs. When you eat, focus on the taste of it. Notice how it taste. If this is your favorite food it will feel so good. Do you ever focus on how comfortable you lay in bed? Probably not. So just notice it. And it will make you happy and calm as you don't think about anything else. YOU LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT DOING THIS. You don't have to do that 24/7 obvi but you should do that everyday. You can do that w/ everything you want, even with peeing  Maybe it will feel nice to you?

Just feel. Just live. Don't think too much. Life is all about that  It will change your life and you will fall in love with it  

[ChromaticaGlory]

Exactly this! It's not always healthy to obsess over your past, and future. Focus on what's in front of you, at that moment, and just go with the flow of life 

[ObsessedBritFan1]

 

[BUWYGF]

loving this, thank you for posting tbh. As someone who obsesses over future to the point of getting a legitimate headache, I needed to hear this. I'll definitely try it as of right now and see how it goes

[jordeezy river red]

I live in the moment often. What really annoys me is when I look back on times that I wasn't "present", or I was preoccupied by something else, while doing something I should have paid more attention to. 

[Jordan Miller]

I always strive to, but I think like all of us... I catch myself wandering away into la la land thinking about the past or the future. Living in the moment takes a lot of practice

[DearBritney00]

I mostly think about my past but I am aware of the present.

[Gayseus911]

Say no more

 

 

 

[Hooked-On-Knee]

So inspirational, you should be a therapist.  

[Cherry Delilah]

I try my best, I really try 

[Cheshire-B]

I live in an anxious anticipation of the futur these days 

[Neydelinska Spearsi]

nah cuz its pandemic. I pretend it's pre 2020

 

[Look But Don't Touch]

1 hour ago, Jordan Miller said:

I always strive to, but I think like all of us... I catch myself wandering away into la la land thinking about the past or the future. Living in the moment takes a lot of practice

Yes, sometimes it can be really hard, especially when we have school, work etc. It just hard to focus. Tho its not the point to not think at all, totally not, it's impossible, I want all of u to remember that and dont be mad at yourself, its totally normal thing for your mind to do think most of the time. The whole point is to notice that u dont focus on for example your breath and then try to be aware and focus again on your breath. Your mind will still wonder and when u notice it, do the same. It's a practice. There will be easy and hard days to do that, dont judge yourself like "Ohh Im so bad, I suck at this, I cant to that, it's not for me", that's totally not the point - just a little advice to all of you, btw it's called mindfulness. After few months of doing this everday 10/20 minutes at least there's really big benefits. You will notice change after weeks tho. Read about it, google it 

[Midnight]

i play this song to remind me

 

[princessmimi]

To be honest

I am not fully in the present.

I feel like I live in my past especially with my past relationship

I still think about him despite how he treated me,

it was the last time I felt something.

Sorry if I sound depressing,

im just being honest

[Rob_]

I recommend everyone in this thread to Byron Katie! She’s an author and talks about ego. Her goal is to get everyone to live in the present moment. I recommend the Expanded Podcast with Lacy Phillips. The episode with Byron Katie. Just brilliant. 

“There is nothing to regret about the past & There is nothing to fear about the future”