Procrastination is good for you. Today’s daily stillness exercise is to give procrastination a purposeful try. Read this lovely article about how to never feel ashamed about procrastination and then as it suggests ‘find something you would genuinely rather do than your work, something that will engage and gratify your mind and do it at… Read more »
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#tds75 You don’t need Twitter….
Molly McLeod has designed some wonderful wallpapers to remind us about finding stillness in our day. Today, make your own reminder image and upload it to your phone as your new wallpaper. It can be as simple as using a web captioning tool like Phrase it. You can see other examples on her site and, if you… Read more »
#tds74 This is why I turn off notifications
A study points to the possibility that we are as distracted by notifications as if we responded to to a text or a call. The Atlantic explains it well and explores the implications for the Apple watch and devices like it. Today can you turn off all push notifications and work on pulling in your… Read more »
#tds73 Alone with your thoughts or an electric shock?
“These findings are surprising. It’s hard to believe that ordinary people chose to distract themselves with electric shocks that they had just claimed they would pay to avoid. Yet there are understandable reasons for not wanting to be alone with one’s thoughts.” Ruth Baer Read the article twice, away from all notifications. Take time to… Read more »
#tds72 Wean yourself off digital devices
Larry Rosen suggests our practice today. How long can you go off-grid today? Did you manage 1 hour? This is a practice to keep coming back to and combining it with just breathing for those 15 minutes all tech is off might help. Tell us how you got on. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be… Read more »
#tds71 Waiting for well being
“Most of us would like to have more peace and stillness in our lives, and yet we don’t make use of life’s many daily opportunities to just be still and practice patience. No opportunity is better than when we’re waiting — when we so often whip out our phones and busy ourselves with texts, emails,… Read more »
#tds70 Are you a nomophobe?
Phone separation is linked to physiological anxiety, poor cognitive performance. There are those who believe that smartphone separation anxiety, or’nomophobia’, can be considered a situational phobia and should be included in the DSM-5 manual of mental disorders. (Image source) Take the quiz here Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to… Read more »
#tds69 Making art is the new meditation
You can read about it or you can make art! Art brings a still mind and engages you in the moment. Artists have known this for centuries, others are just discovering it! Take a selfie showing us what art you made today. Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include… Read more »
#tds68 Start your day with kindness
For 10 minutes today, start work by writing a positive e-mail or text praising or thanking somebody you know. The the idea is to do it for a different person each day. Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds68
#tds67 Today just breathe!
Take your hands off your keyboard two minutes a day. Go from multitasking to simply watching your breath go in and out. This will make you more accurate for the rest of the day, calmer and it only takes two minutes. You would stop in the middle of a busy day if your child needed… Read more »
#tds66 Three acts of gratitude
Today scan your world and find three things for which you can be grateful. The idea with this practice is to do it everyday for the rest of your life! Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds66
#tds65 The innovation of loneliness
From the notes on video: “What is the connection between Social Networks and Being Lonely? Quoting the words of Sherry Turkle from her TED talk – Connected, But Alone. Also Based on Dr. Yair Amichai-Hamburgers hebrew article -The Invention of Loneliness.” Today a 4 minute video to reflect on the impact of social networks on loneliness. A… Read more »
