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2298: The Fast Forward Effect by Helene Massicotte of Free To Pursue on Mindfulness & Living in The Moment

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Keeping Our Minds in the Present

Remembering to remember matically heightens our awareness of the present. Our memories are etched based on how much attention we pay to a given moment, any moment. Being in two places at once by multi tasking our way through life is what robs us of happiness in both the present and the future. Staying fully immersed in the present is like simultaneously being the director of and the protagonist in the story of our lives. We get to know ourselves better, and it makes us get real about what we're like and what we want.Being present allows us to make fear inducing decisions sooner because we stop medicating ourselves with thoughts that we can ignore the present because we believe our future selves

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