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we are training our brains to be in a constant state of hyper-alertness, always thinking about what could be happening somewhere else and feeling the urge to check in and see.
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness
juggle a million things at once, you will also lose large stretches of time to injuries, burn-out, distraction, and being overall checked out of life. These are all natural outcomes of being unable to live in the present moment because you’re trying to pole-vault to some other moment that lies ahead in the future.
Lauren Sapala • Writing on the Intuitive Side of the Brain
Because we live in a free-floating state of anxiety, we don’t even need a problem to set off a stream of disaster scenarios. Living in the future creates the illusion that we are managing our life and steels us against personal failure.
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame
The “chase” mentality is pervasive in our culture because we are arguably facing the most difficult time in human history to resist external stimuli. Why? Technology allows work and personal demands to be on our radar all the time. Thanks to computers, smartphones, and tablets, the boss’s latest request is sitting in an in-box, to-do lists reminder
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