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Mindfulness is the Opposite of Neediness
We need to stop fearing boredom and be comfortable with what is going on around us, whether it’s exciting or not. This is an argument made eloquently by my colleague Ellen Langer, who defines mindfulness as the practice of actively noticing new things. You can do that only when you are not distracting yourself.
Arthur C. Brooks • Eight Ways to Banish Misery
Mindfulness is all about living in the moment, seeing what is happening right then and there, rather than future-tripping and freaking yourself the fack out about what might happen. And that helps me stay sane. So I guess this is mindful dating.
Catherine Gray • The Unexpected Joy of Being Single
Don’t add to first impressions. It’s difficult not to do something of course, once we have it in our mind. And in the same way we like to repeatedly press the button to call the lift when we’re in a hurry, as if doing so will summon it any more quickly, we find it hard to sit back quietly if something is playing on our minds. So instead, we can acc
... See moreDerren Brown • Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
essence of the practice of mindfulness is to choose to be present in every moment one hundred percent, most often we struggle against where we are, what we’re doing, or who we’re with in this moment due to the “tracks in the carpet” we’ve created for ourselves. We want to be somewhere else, with someone else, doing something—anything—else.