Your stillness exercise today is: take 4 minutes to smile with this video and ‘enlighten’ yourself! Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds64
Posts By: Mariana
#tds63 Stillness in speed
Watch this and notice all we miss as we rush into that commuter train each morning. A 2 minute video meditation to help you find a still moment in your day. The results of this artist’s work are fantastic, turning everyday commuters into living sculptures. In Magyar’s sloth-paced world, the slightest movement seems to take… Read more »
#tds62 Finding stillness in a tech-obsessed world
The solution, she discovered, was what we’re calling a “digital detox,” a sort of juice-cleanse for the mind (minus the cayenne-lemonade). Mindhacking We believe the idea of digital detox has limitations. It is more like a band-aid than an upstream solution to a lack of balance in life. Yet, it may be a place to… Read more »
#tds61 Using social media mindfully
How can we attend to the way we use social media? Are there some guidelines that may help us reflect on how we approach interactions in that medium? Lori Deschene has written a summary article that speaks to how to use buddhist thinking to support social media use. It is simple and short but well-informed. Read… Read more »
#tds60 Why can’t we read anymore?
Asks Hugh McGuire on Medium. It is an 11 minute read. An honest reflection about how digital overload and our need for ‘new’ stops deep attention. Do a kind thing for yourself and your well being and spend 22 minutes of your life taking time to read the article and reflect on any changes you could… Read more »
#tds59 Is self-discipline just old fashioned?
Not so says recent research, in fact it: “may boost well-being by helping people avoid frequent conflict and balance vice-virtue conflicts by favoring virtues. Self-control positively contributes to happiness through avoiding and dealing with motivational conflict.” Today give up a small thing you treasure (coffee, make up, putting perfume on for the day, checking… Read more »
#tds58 Mutt wisdom
Comic published by Patrick McDonnell on Sunday, August 16, 2015 “Sunrise – a time when all truths are still clean and enviable.” – C. Papritz Tell us about the last time you settled to watch a show like this one, with or without a companion. Enjoy more examples of Mutt Wisdom today if you can. … Read more »
#tds57 The colour game
A game designed to help you learn about colour design, but great to show yourself how able you are to stay in the present moment. Take time to learn how to use it, do a trial run. Tip: put all your attention on the colours in front of you and let your hand match… Read more »
#tds56 If You’re Looking for a Shortcut, You’re Doing the Wrong Work
Lifehacker tells us: ‘There are no shortcuts that remove the real work required to achieve your goal’. What do you think about that? Can stillness be achieved without real work? Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds56
#tds55 One second everyday
Life is full of moments. There is an app that allows you to edit 1 second of your day everyday and create a movie of your life with each daily second. The director of the film above was inspired by it to make the movie: life at meal time! Some people’s motivation is to remember… Read more »
#tds54 On the shortness of life
“Nobody works out the value of time: men use it lavishly as if it cost nothing… We have to be more careful in preserving what will cease at an unknown point.” Read this review of this very old yet still timely book, what ideas does it give you about your lifestyle right now to think… Read more »
#tds53 Today try some coffitivity
“A moderate level of ambient noise is conducive to creative cognition.” Test working with the sounds of of a coffee house and up your creative associations and new ideas. Go to Coffitivity.com some free coffee houses, but the Brazil Bistro you have to pay for! Creativity at a price 😉 Tweet a link for your… Read more »
