Recently living in the now has helped me while
driving.
I can invest some time during driving to use my
mind to solve problems, plan and review my priorities. But there is only so
much I can accomplish while there.
There have come times when I ran out of items to
mentally process. But my brain was still in gear. It was processing useless
considerations or going around in loops.
Fortunately I have noticed myself in those silly
spirals. So I just gently placed my attention on the here and now.
Yesterday for example it was partly cloudy. The clouds
were especially lovely. They offered a wide range of fluffy white clouds with patches
of gray.
Sometimes the trees, hedges and landscaping are a
useful focus for my attention.
While on boring parts of highways I pay attention
to my breathing. I follow each inhale and exhale as best I can.
Another way to get into the here and now is to
pay attention to parts of my body. One by one I feel my hands, feet, back,
neck, etc.
Driving had been a source of stress and fatigue.
But as I come back to the here and now it is not as draining.
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