live in the moment

Being such a busy bee I really must not forget to do yoga now and then, to unwind. It’s so busy in my head, which is a good thing because I’m bursting with ideas and things to do, but I need my yoga to be able to cope with it all and I sometimes forget I really do need yoga to function properly.
Maybe I’ll just go and do yoga now.

Lately I’ve realized that I’m always restless, always full of inspiration to do lots of things, and that I wish that a week has 10 days, and I always thought that I wasn’t living in the moment if I was so restless. But now I figure: but that’s me, and that’s my way of living in the moment, enjoying life to its fullest, making the most of it… Sure, I’ve got to set some priorities here and there, but this is me, living in the moment!

After a couple of months being down due to a break-up and everything nasty to do with a break-up, I’ve finally started enjoying life again. Actually sinds January 1st I’m finally feeling great again, and I live in the moment, take each day as it comes and enjoy NOW. I can actually enjoy the route to whatever goal I’m working on, life is beautiful, I have wonderful friends, so why shouldn’t I enjoy life???

Doing lots of yoga and meditation, so I’m doing very well on this one!

Now I’m in a moment of ups again, just did some lovely yoga, and I’m reading a book on Buddhism again, that always helps to center myself…
It’s just so weird that what seems like a simple thing, live in the moment, requires so much energy and focussing and concentration! (For me, at least. Maybe it comes with ease for other people?)

I thought I was doing ok, but now I’ve got the feeling my live is being lived, like I’m doing all these things and I’m so incredibly busy but I’m not actually in control of it myself. I’m moving in two weeks and before that we’ve got some renovating to do and of course we have to pack, and there’s still work, and there’s still friends I want to have a drink with, so I’m really busy, plans of going to bed early as I’m so tired fail miserably, but I feel like it’s not in my hands. I don’t even have time to knit or do yoga!
And the stupid thing is that I know it’s a choice, I know I could change it and plan things differently maybe, plan things more effeciently, get up early to do yoga, take a break to breathe… Oh well. In two/three weeks time it’ll be over when we have moved homes.

when you live in the moment!
I spent lovely quality time with my boyfriend, and it has only been two days that we had so much time together, but yet it feels like we had a week-long holiday!
I guess I really lived in the moment the past couple of days. Unfortunately, he’s back to work and I’m off work this week, so I have to entertain myself during the day. Oh well, enough fun stuff to do!

Just back from the Christmas-party at work, and finished work for now. A week-and-a-half of… nothing! Well, hopefully knitting some socks, doing some Christmas shopping, getting my life on order, do lots of yoga, maybe do some floating and clean the house. And get ready to move house (although I don’t want to think about packing just yet…)!
But most of all it’s a perfect opportunity to get back to the moment and enjoy life as it comes and goes… (although I’m afraid it will be January before you know it!)

Last night I did pretty well on this one, as I was floating and therefore completely stuck with only myself and my thoughts for 60 minutes! It was brilliant, I can recommend it to everyone!
(Floating is lying in a sort of enclosed bathtub filled with extremely salt water, so you actually float in the water without being able to drown, and there is no pressure on your body, no noise or anything to distract you.)

My gosh the last week was really a low in relation to this goal! For some reason I was late for every appointment I had, I was late for work all the time, I kept losing stuff (keys, mobile, pens, notes) and finding it and then forgetting again where I put it, I was so not-relaxed and my a whining dog ‘cause he had to pee didn’t exactly help either, the house was a mess, my head was a mess, and I kept up late ‘cause I wasn’t tired so in the morning I was even more tired…
But now I’ve started cleaning up (literally). I cleaned the house, put all the dirty stuff in the dishwasher (sometimes these simple things also make a huge difference in your head!), took the clothes from the clothing line, put my finances in order and did some yoga again (which I can’t do as frequently now because of a stupid hip-injury). The yoga really helped, I was at last relaxed and slept well again!
Slowly but surely I’m returning to this moment again, instead of racing around and not knowing where I am and why and how and live in chaos.