Decision fatigue can lead to impulse buying, making decisions you regret, or avoiding decisions altogether.ĭecision fatigue can also bring on mental and physical fatigue. The more decisions you make each day, the more likely you’ll experience decision fatigue. “So in fact, narrowing down our choices means less overwhelm, and more creativity.” ― Courtney Carver, Be More with Less Feel the strength of your feet touching the floor. If you’re hand-washing dishes, feel the warmth of the water and the texture of the plates. Gratitude can reduce stress and improve mental and physical health-just the kind of zen we want.Ĭhose one activity today and focus on how much you can absolutely love doing it.Įngage your senses. When your mind wanders (it will), simply bring it back to the here and now.Īnother way is to feel grateful. There’s no space for whining, complaints, and dissatisfaction in the present moment. One way is to remain in the present moment. How can you love whatever you’re doing? Is that really possible? But that high doesn’t last long, does it? You might get a dopamine hit when you tick an item off your list. The more we focus on getting more done, the more we need to get done. We’re obsessed with getting more done as if we’ll find happiness once we do. “Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing.” - Leo Babauta, Zen Habits Develop the habit of putting each item in its place.ĭream of what you’ll do with your extra 153 days. Over the course of a week or a month, find a place for each one. Make a list of the items you lose most frequently. As a result, I’ve erased loads of unnecessary frustration from my life. My keys live in the zippered section of my purse. My reading glasses have a specific home on the kitchen countertop. Now, I follow the “a place for everything and everything in its place” rule. “Over the course of an average lifetime, because of all the clutter we live in, we will spend 3,680 hours, or 153 days, searching for misplaced items.”- Joshua Becker, Becoming MinimalistĪs someone who used to lose things constantly, I know the intense frustration I felt when searching for a lost item-a phone, a critical document, my car. Take a mindful walk in nature-a gift to yourself. Presence has become a rare gift you can give to another.īut it’s also a gift you can give to yourself simply by sitting quietly and tuning into the present moment.īe fully present for at least one conversation each day-a gift to someone else. We can co-regulate our autonomic nervous system through connecting with others and as a result feel less stress and more ease. Even if you were to capture someone’s attention, you probably wouldn’t keep it for very long.Īccording to Deb Dana, LCSW, connection is a wired-in biological necessity. Science shows a progressive decline in attention span since 2004. Wherever you go, you see people glued to their screens, jumping from one site to another, rarely paying attention to people around them. “The best present is presence.”- Joshua Fields Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus, The Minimalists But the more you set healthy boundaries, the more zen your life will become. It takes courage to say “no” and clear space in your life. But there’s also magic in leaving the non-essential undone. What truly matters to you? Do you make time for it on a regular basis? When you simplify your life, you make more space for what truly matters. “You won’t look back and remember the time you didn’t complete your to-do list, but you may look back and remember the beautiful life you lived.” ― Courtney Carver, Be More with Less By consciously decluttering their mind, heart, and physical spaces, they made zen the backdrop of their life. I’ve chosen five quotes from everyday people, like you and me, who have transformed their lives through the art of simplicity. Record them on your phone and play them back to yourself as part of your morning routine. Write one in your planner each day and reflect on it for a minute or two. Put zen quotes on sticky notes and tape them on your mirror or fridge. Zen-like quotes, when taken into account, can inspire you to chose ease over distress, simplicity over complexity, healthy boundaries over none. In the midst of all the busyness, it can be easy to forget you have the power to bring more zen into your life. Do your days feel too cluttered? Does your mind feel too full?
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