“reset, reset (found list)” –Maryanne Casasanta | Are.na

now I encourage you to practice. Assume whatever physical posture is most comfortable for you and just allow your mind to rest for a few moments in a very relaxed, loose state. Then choose something to look at and just rest your gaze on it, noticing its shape or its color. You don’t have to stare intently—if you need to blink, just blink. In fact,

If you want to know if you’ve forgotten how to marvel, try staring at something beautiful for five minutes and see where your mind goes.

Meditation helps here. But so does going on unplanned walks to see where they lead you, using a different route to get to work, taking up photography or birdwatching or nature drawing or keeping a journal, playing I Spy with a child: anything that draws your attention more fully into what you’re doing in the present.

At first, just begin to recognize when a moment presents itself to sit and relax and let attention come into the direct experience of what is happening. Give yourself a moment to let attention naturally move to the body sensations or to the sounds and colors in the environment.

Wake your brain up. Remove the repetitive factors in your life that you have control over and shake it up just to see where you land after the dust settles.