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"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."
-Katharine Hepburn, actress (1907-2003)
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When you join your Now in being present, your Now will often be happy and agreeable with whatever your Next is doing or wanting to do.
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How often do you notice your thoughts? How many of them are about the past or the future? You will find that few of them are about what's present now.
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It's a new habit to bring yourself to now: to take your focus off the past or the future. Use kickstarting a mental habit to install the mental habit of asking, "Am I present now?"
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You can still engage in activities that your my-next is interested in (like exercising or eating healthfully). But what you'll often find is that any resistance that your my-now has your current activity ("I'm not really enjoying this exercise") will disappear when your bring your awareness to now.
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One more specific physical way to assist in being present now is to slow down. Do things in a bit of "slow motion." This contributes to being now and enjoying now.
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If you find it difficult to stay present, resisted fear may be the cause. Try one of the following exercises to dissolve this fear: undoing fear, undoing worry, undoing stress, undoing procrastination, undoing guilt, undoing expectations.
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Related links:
Seven fundamental ways for Now to be happy
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