How to live consciously tomorrow

The problem of permanent employment

Permanent employment is now a concern for many. On the one hand, it has become a symbol of vitality and success (in fact it has nothing to do), and on the other - an indicator of the inability to organize their time.

Fields believes our constant load rather a symptom of a more important issue.

Employment in itself the fact of itself is neither bad nor good. You need to consider exactly what we are doing and why, and from what we had to abandon the process.

If employment - a response to the problems of other people, to all that they impose on us, then it's really bad. Because of this, we find ourselves in a state of the autopilot when life rushes past us. We can not stay and live in the moment, doing what brings us joy and fills life with meaning. In the end it turns out that we are busy without reason, and from that we feel disappointed and devastated.

But if we are busy, because it corresponds to our own purposes, then there is nothing wrong with that. If our days, weeks and months fills the stream of impressions and actions that inspire us; if we do that's really important to us; We spend time with people who appreciate; if we develop and use their strengths to help others, we are building a life filled with meaning, joy and energy. we loaded into the process? Of course! But this time gives us a feeling of fullness, not devastation.

How to start a life on autopilot

This usually happens gradually, imperceptibly to us. One day we wake up and realize that our lives are not ours.

Think about it. Is you decide once: "In the morning I will not get up from the bed, check your mail and reply to all posts"? Did you once told me: "I will immediately answer all incoming letters, given to me to comment on each task and each update status on Facebook?".

Unlikely. You just started to do it, and soon it became a habit. And little by little, doing seemingly quite harmless things, you start to live unconsciously, on autopilot.

there is an alternative

We must break the cycle of unconscious actions and regain the ability to choose. We must say to ourselves:

I myself can choose. My time and my life belongs to me. Plans, statements and desires of other people do not decide how I'm going to distribute their attention, their talents, their energy and love.

It's okay if we want our days were filled with lots of affairs and communication with people. The main thing - to feel that our lives are filled with meaning, and to make choices consciously.

First, recognize that you are faced with this problem. Second, start a daily train awareness, even doing some everyday activities. Just focus on the present moment, feel that surrounds you. Repeat this several times during the day, and gradually you get used to perceive the world more consciously.

What is deliberately passing day

Here everything is very individual. Here is an example of one day from Jonathan Fields.

You woke up and do not rush to pick up the phone. You do not go in the e-mail and social networks. You do not check the message. You stay in bed, one hand on his stomach and another on his chest, closed his eyes and listened to his breathing. Notice how you feel, what your mood. Do not try to change something. Just pay attention to it and imagine how it will affect your day.

Slowly get up out of bed and find a comfortable place where you can just sit. Cover your eyes and once again Focus on breathing. Take it from 3 to 30 minutes. In the end, determine your main goal for the day. Record single most important thing you are going to do.

Then you go to the kitchen to make tea or coffee. Until the drink is brewed, take a moment to chat with the people who matter. For example, write another, "Just remembered about you, good day to you."

While you're sitting with a cup of tea or coffee, do not forget that the next few hours - this time the highest creative enthusiasm that is better spent on the most important and difficult work. But at the same time we need to get rid of the desire to test messages and social networks, in order not to be distracted by it then. Take it no more than five minutes, responding only to urgent messages.

Remember that this is your day, and do not allow others to occupy all your time. Then you can start to work.

A few hours later arrange a short break to warm up (Enough for 10-15 minutes), and then have lunch. After dinner, you feel fine, because you have already done the most important thing in the morning. Now you can do other things, such as meetings and dialogue with customers. Also take the time to respond to the backlog of messages, but no more than 30 minutes, and start again with the most important.

Later in the afternoon Take 40 minutes to practice, and then read or just relax, spend time before dinner with friends and family.

After dinner, you can be creative or finish important things. Spend rest of the evening is to relax. For example, write down, how was your day, what you learned, what you expect from tomorrow. Or just read or watch a movie.

Of course, all of this sounds a little utopian. But this is just a plan. The main thing - to adapt it to her own daily routine, regularly find ways to come back to date and to focus their attention and their actions on what charges us with energy.