{"id":62722,"date":"2019-02-07T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=62722"},"modified":"2019-02-11T21:37:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T05:37:15","slug":"how-to-stop-your-busyness-with-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-your-busyness-with-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Your Busyness with Mindfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most of us live busy lives, probably too busy. We may be aware of how busy we are, and might not even like it, but unless we do something to stop the excessive amount of work we have, or activities we do, and not give ourselves enough idle time, we\u2019re going to be stuck on the hamster wheel of busyness, and might not even know how to get off it.<\/p>\n

Mindfulness, which is being in the present moment with total awareness, helps us be more conscious of how much we\u2019re doing, and when we find ourselves over-extended, or stressed about how busy we are, we bring ourselves into the present moment with clarity, and decide that we need to stop, or make a change in our life that\u2019s healthier for us.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how Mindfulness can work when you find yourself too busy:<\/p>\n

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    The minute you begin to feel yourself tired or over worked be aware of it.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Do not tell yourself things like; \u201cit\u2019s okay\u201d or \u201cI have to do this\u201d, but instead keep your awareness on how you feel.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Ask yourself questions like; \u201cAm I doing too much?\u201d or \u201cCan I do less than what I\u2019m doing?\u201d or \u201cAm I balancing my life between work and down time?\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Listen carefully to your answers and be aware of how you feel.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Take some time in your day to be present just \u201cbeing.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    This can mean sitting somewhere quiet like on the beach or at the park, or if you\u2019re at work, you can sit at your desk, or in your car with your eyes closed for a few minutes.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Be aware of when you go out of the moment of rest or non-doing, and what you tell yourself.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    If you start to worry, or feel anxious about what you have to do, and start to feel it in your body, put your focus and awareness onto your breath, and take a few deep breaths in and out.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Be aware whenever you find yourself going into the \u201cto do list\u201d in your head.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Try and get into the habit of writing down or journaling your \u201cto do list.\u201d Make two columns; one \u201cto do\u201d and the other \u201ctime for me.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    At the end of the day, check and see how balanced your day was, and if your \u201cto do\u201d column was too long, and your \u201ctime for me\u201d column not long enough, make a concerted effort to add to it whenever you can throughout your week, or carve out a special time or day just for \u201ctime for me.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mindfulness is a quality each of us has, but don\u2019t necessarily use, and it is invaluable. The more we practice it, the more we can reap the benefits of it, and like a muscle, the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. You don\u2019t want to wait until you\u2019re so anxious or stressed that it starts to affect you mentally or physically, and that\u2019s usually when people begin to feel that something\u2019s wrong, or acknowledge that their life is out of balance.<\/p>\n

    If you practice Mindfulness daily, it will heighten your awareness so that just when you begin to feel yourself off, or not quite right, you\u2019re going to know it, and instead of ignoring it, you will act on it immediately. Even if it means taking a few minutes to sit quietly, and doing nothing other than focus on your breath, you are sending an important message to your mind, body, and spirit that you are giving yourself total self-care, and your entire being will thank you by how much better you will feel.<\/p>\n

    Being busy is fine, but being busy to the point of stress, anxiety, or depletion of any kind is not okay. Mindfulness will keep you in present moment awareness, and the minute you want to slip into old habits of thinking or behavior, which could mean over working, or over doing anything that isn\u2019t necessary, it will focus your attention on the imbalance you need to acknowledge, and you will find yourself addressing it quickly.<\/p>\n

    Making \u201ctime for me\u201d isn\u2019t just about balance, it\u2019s about self-love, and you\u2019re worth it.<\/p>\n

    ***<\/p>\n

    Ora Nadrich is founder and president of the\u00a0Institute for Transformational Thinking<\/a>\u00a0and author of\u00a0Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. A certified life coach and mindfulness teacher, she specializes in transformational thinking, self-discovery, and mentoring new coaches as they develop their careers. Learn more at\u00a0theiftt.org<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0OraNadrich.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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