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“Pay attention to what’s in front of you—the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.”

• Marcus Aurelius

It’s fun to imagine the future and it is easy to dwell on the past. It’s much harder to focus on the present moment and what is happening in front of you. Every single day you drive to work and you think about the thousands of tasks you have to do that day. You wash your hands thinking and you're thinking about your ex partner. You work in a temporary job and think “this is just a job - my work doesn’t reflect who I am. It doesn’t matter if I try or not”. You are hardly every present to the moment.

If the past has already happened and the future hasn't happened then the only moment you have is the present moment, and if you're not even in the present then where are you?

Growing up my Mum would encourage me to make my bed first thing in the morning. When I reached a certain age, around 14, I stopped doing it. I didn't understand the concept - why "waste" time making the bed when I'm just going to get into it that very night? What I failed to see was it is not about the act of straightening out your covers, rather the habits that are created when you do it. If you start every day my making your bed you are starting every day with a reminder to take care of yourself.

How you handle today is exactly how you will handle the day that could make or break your career/relationship/life.

Ask yourself: how do I perform at work? What are my friendships like? How do I approach a challenge?

If you are lazy at work then there’s a high chance that this will carry over into your personal life. If you find yourself making decisions based on emotions in your relationship then this will carry over into your work life. Get the idea?

Everything is practice for the big show.

“Pay attention to what’s in front of you—the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.”

• Marcus Aurelius

It’s fun to imagine the future and it is easy to dwell on the past. It’s much harder to focus on the present moment and what is happening in front of you. Every single day you drive to work and you think about the thousands of tasks you have to do that day. You wash your hands thinking and you're thinking about your ex partner. You work in a temporary job and think “this is just a job - my work doesn’t reflect who I am. It doesn’t matter if I try or not”. You are hardly every present to the moment.

If the past has already happened and the future hasn't happened then the only moment you have is the present moment, and if you're not even in the present then where are you?

Growing up my Mum would encourage me to make my bed first thing in the morning. When I reached a certain age, around 14, I stopped doing it. I didn't understand the concept - why "waste" time making the bed when I'm just going to get into it that very night? What I failed to see was it is not about the act of straightening out your covers, rather the habits that are created when you do it. If you start every day my making your bed you are starting every day with a reminder to take care of yourself.

How you handle today is exactly how you will handle the day that could make or break your career/relationship/life.

Ask yourself: how do I perform at work? What are my friendships like? How do I approach a challenge?

If you are lazy at work then there’s a high chance that this will carry over into your personal life. If you find yourself making decisions based on emotions in your relationship then this will carry over into your work life. Get the idea?

Everything is practice for the big show.

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· 3 yr. ago

Yes, more or less. I have the same values and principles which I apply to most situations in life.

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· 3 yr. ago

I do things differently sometimes just for a change of pace

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