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Take out a pen and paper (or fire up your laptop) and follow these steps:
1.) Select something good in your life that falls under one of the following categories: education, health, safety/security, possessions, weekends/holidays, support from others, or personal achievement.
2.) Imagine your life without that one good thing. Picture the impact clearly. How do you feel?
3.) Write down how your life would be different. Describe your feelings.
4.) Refocus on the present moment. Re-evaluate how you feel about that good thing.
5.) Have you activated any of your character strengths?
Learn How to Appreciate What You Already Have | VIA Institute
viacharacter.org
It is possible to ignore such dangers—say, by convincing yourself that you are a massively skilled multitasker—but it is equally easy to magnify their power until resistance seems futile. We should rather remember that it is possible and, really, necessary to do what David Foster Wallace recommended to the graduates of Kenyon: to be “conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
It helps to remember that our practice is not about accomplishing anything—not about winning or losing—but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. That is what we are doing when we sit down to meditate. That attitude spreads into the rest of our lives.
Pema Chödrön’s Three Methods for Working with Chaos
Lion’s Roar
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