If you’re always living for the future, how will you ever enjoy the now? Have you ever reached the end of a day, week, month, or year, and thought, “Wow! Where did the time go?” You get to the end of your life so quickly. You need to enjoy each moment rather than constantly looking forward to the next. My grandfather wasn’t alive during my lifetime, but he told my mother a piece of knowledge that she shared with me at an early age: “Don’t wish your life away.” Then, you look back and think, “Wow life was so great back then.” It’s kind of a paradox isn’t it? You think you need to get to some arbitrary moment in the future and everything will work out. I always thought, “Oh it will be better in the future.” Then I realized that I never simply lived in the present moment. Working was necessary to pay my rent and buy groceries, not just to have some extra money to go to the movies on the weekend. When I reached adulthood, I had responsibilities that I’d never dealt with before. Then, after I became an adult, I kept thinking of memories from when I was a kid. At sixteen, I couldn’t wait to be an adult with my own house and my own rules. Then, at fourteen years old, I couldn’t wait to be sixteen. I remember that at twelve years old I couldn’t wait to be fourteen. And then once the day passed you started the process all over again Practice awareness and presence through mindful meditationĭo you remember being a kid and looking forward to your birthday or Christmas? Maybe you would count down the days until that favorite holiday.Recognize how holding onto hurtful memories imprisons you.Understand that worrying doesn’t solve the problem it increases it.Realize the absurdity of worrying over tiny moments in time.Don’t allow your mind to wander when doing daily tasks.Put down your phone and experience the current moment.Cultivate genuine loving relationships with others.Here are seven ways you can live in the now: Studies have shown that you are happier if you spend less time worrying about the future or focusing on the past and more time living presently. But can being more present in your life really make you happier? Or maybe you’ve heard the saying you only live once. You’ve probably heard the saying live in the moment. “I ask myself, ‘What’s the most loving thing I can do for myself and others right now? ‘Then I get to it.”– Leo Babauta
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