An expression you’ll constantly hear a busy person say is something along the lines of: How is it already [insert day of the week/month/year]?!
…Or some type of otherwise reference to how fast time is flying by.
The good thing about this is that it means that person found a way to spend their time that’s making it fly by… and that maybe they’re even having fun.
On the other hand, it also means that person is on track to feeling like they missed out on their life…
Because days turn into weeks which turn into months which turn into years which turn into… eventually… the end of a life where that person feels like they don’t even know what happened.
And that can feel like an ultimate regret: not being present enough of life while it was happening because they were always too focused on what was coming up next…
The antidote to this is presence.
And present moments are simply moments absorbed that are absent of past or future.
And the best way to describe how to add these to your day is to try and add more moments of boredom… moments (or blocks of time) where you have absolutely nothing planned… moments where you get to simply sit… exist… and notice everything about where you’re at right then and there.
Because as lame or as unimportant as it might feel to you in that moment… it’s the very thing your future self would do or give almost anything to re-experience.
Block more moments of “bored noticing“ into your days.
P.s. ICYMI you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week here.