Blog Mission:

Exploring the question of how to remain oriented towards the present for as many moments as possible. How can I operationalize this in my own life? How can I teach this to my youngest child?

Daniel Kahneman theorized that every day we experience approximately 20,000 distinct psychological moments. But how much of life am I truly present to experience?

Where am I, if not right here?

I get locked in my mind ruminating about past conversations, analyzing the past behavior of myself or others, fantasizing about what I could have said or done differently.

When I’m not doing that, I’m projecting into the future, overthinking plans, and letting anxiety hold sway.

I want to kick mental time travel to the curb.

The question is, “How do I do this?”

There’s so much advice out there. What actually works?