{"id":1649,"date":"2013-11-01T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/2013\/11\/01\/12-indispensable-mindful-living-tools\/"},"modified":"2013-11-01T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T09:52:00","slug":"12-indispensable-mindful-living-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/12-indispensable-mindful-living-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Indispensable Mindful Living Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 Indispensable Mindful Living Tools : zenhabits<\/a><\/p>\n

a mindful life is worth the effort. It\u2019s a life where we awaken from the dream state we\u2019re most often submerged in \u2014 the state of having your mind anywhere but the present moment, locked in thoughts about what you\u2019re going to do later, about something someone else said, about something you\u2019re stressing about or angry about. The state of mind where we\u2019re lost in our smartphones and social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth the effort, because being awake means we\u2019re not missing life as we walk through it. Being awake means we\u2019re conscious of what\u2019s going on inside us, as it happens, and so can make more conscious choices rather than acting on our impulses all the time.<\/div>\n
The second thing I\u2019ve learned is that we forget. We forget, over and over, to be awake. And that\u2019s OK. Being mindful is a process of forgetting, and then remembering. Repeatedly. Just as breathing is a process of exhaling, and then inhaling, repeatedly.<\/div>\n
The third is that mindful living isn\u2019t just one thing. It\u2019s not just meditation. Nor is it just focusing on the sensations around you, right now in this moment. I\u2019ve found mindful living to be a set of very related tools, perhaps all different ways of getting at the same thing, but each useful in its own regard.<\/div>\n
I\u2019ll share them in this post, and hope that you\u2019ll consider each in turn.<\/div>\n

Why You Should Care<\/h3>\n
Why bother to spend the time learning these tools? Is it just for some ideal of living a peaceful, stress-free life?<\/div>\n
No. A stress-free life doesn\u2019t exist, but these tools will definitely make you more prepared to deal with the stresses that will inevitably come your way.<\/div>\n
But just as importantly, they\u2019ll help you overcome the fear of failure and fear of discomfort that\u2019s holding you back, that\u2019s keeping you from making positive changes in your life.<\/div>\n
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  1. Meditation<\/strong>. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Be Awake<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  3. Watch Urges<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  4. Watch Ideals<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  5. Accept People & Life As They Are<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  6. Let Go of Expectations<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  7. Become OK with Discomfort<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  8. Watch Your Resistance<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  9. Be Curious<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  10. Be Grateful<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  11. Let Go of Control<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  12. Be Compassionate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    12 Indispensable Mindful Living Tools : zenhabits a mindful life is worth the effort. It\u2019s a life where we awaken from the dream state we\u2019re most often submerged in \u2014 the state of having your mind anywhere but the present moment, locked in thoughts about what you\u2019re going to do later, about something someone else […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,48,40,42,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eficiencia","category-filosofia","category-ideas","category-psicologia","category-sociologia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}