Living in the moment is about having all your attention directed toward the present. To do this, you must be mindful of your actions and your state of mind. Also, when you live more in the moment, you tend limit mind wandering.
Matt Killingsworth reveals the importance of living in the moment in his TED Talk. The results of a study he conducted suggest that people are substantially less happy while mind-wandering. He tells us that when our minds wander, we often think of unpleasant things. Even when we think of pleasant things, we are slightly less happy than when we aren 't mind wandering. Killingsworth even assimilates mind-wandering to a slot machine you 'd never want to play because accord to him, mind wandering never makes you happier; it only creates varying degrees of unhappiness:
If mind-wandering were a slot machine, it would be like having the chance to lose 50 dollars, 20 dollars or one dollar. Right? You 'd never want to play.
Mind-wandering is quite an amazing ability. It allows us to escape the present, but it also seems to cause unhappiness. Yet, according to Killingsworth 's study, "forty-seven percent of the time, people are thinking about something other than what they 're currently doing."
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I think that for many of us, there is a fear of being too focused on the present because when you are in a state of total focus and mindfulness you aren 't sure when you are going to come out of it. We also enjoy letting our minds wander "in the clouds" because we feel safe there. We hesitate to fully commit to the moment because we think that it won 't be as pleasant as mind-wandering. Therefore, since we are afraid of the present, mind-wandering is almost like a defense mechanism that your mind wants you to use to prevent yourself from being consumed by the
Matt Killingsworth reveals the importance of living in the moment in his TED Talk. The results of a study he conducted suggest that people are substantially less happy while mind-wandering. He tells us that when our minds wander, we often think of unpleasant things. Even when we think of pleasant things, we are slightly less happy than when we aren 't mind wandering. Killingsworth even assimilates mind-wandering to a slot machine you 'd never want to play because accord to him, mind wandering never makes you happier; it only creates varying degrees of unhappiness:
If mind-wandering were a slot machine, it would be like having the chance to lose 50 dollars, 20 dollars or one dollar. Right? You 'd never want to play.
Mind-wandering is quite an amazing ability. It allows us to escape the present, but it also seems to cause unhappiness. Yet, according to Killingsworth 's study, "forty-seven percent of the time, people are thinking about something other than what they 're currently doing."
Living in the moment is also an important part of minimalism …show more content…
I think that for many of us, there is a fear of being too focused on the present because when you are in a state of total focus and mindfulness you aren 't sure when you are going to come out of it. We also enjoy letting our minds wander "in the clouds" because we feel safe there. We hesitate to fully commit to the moment because we think that it won 't be as pleasant as mind-wandering. Therefore, since we are afraid of the present, mind-wandering is almost like a defense mechanism that your mind wants you to use to prevent yourself from being consumed by the