How To Be Mindful And Pay More Attention (2022)

How To Be Mindful And Pay More Attention (2022)

Are You finding it difficult to pay rapt attention to things? Do you have difficulty focusing on a task? Are you easily distracted? Then This Article is for you.

How To Be Mindful And Pay Attention 

The first step is to understand what’s meant by mindfulness: It’s about choosing to pay attention to the present moment in a curious and nonjudgmental way. Mindfulness calls on us to notice when our thoughts have drifted to the past or wandered into the future, and when we are regretting, fantasizing, or worrying rather than engaging with what is right in front of us. Each time we are able to step away from the pinball game in our mind and focus on the present, we give ourselves the best possible chance to make the best possible choice, whatever that may be.

And the best thing? When we (inevitably) forget to pay attention, it doesn’t mean we’ve failed. There is no way to fail at mindfulness, which is one of its many gifts. What it does mean is that we have another chance to step back into the present moment, but only if we notice that our mind has wandered in the first place.

The most effective way to get better at noticing when you’ve left the present moment is to practice mindfulness in small ways as often as you can. Here are six simple tips to get you started:

How To Be Mindful And Pay Attention 

1. Start From Your Confort Zone
2. Pay Attention To Details Of Your Daily Routine
3. Meditate
4. Make Every Task Serious & Important
5. Make Every Moment Count
6. Remember The 4 T’s.
7. Always Take A Deep Breathe
8. Study Your Environs and Mood

1. Start From Your Confort Zone

It’s a fantastic notion that many people become interested in mindfulness as a means to cope with stress or challenging circumstances. But attempting to be conscious for the first time in a crisis is comparable to attempting to score the game-winning goal without ever having attended a single practice. Don’t complicate things for yourself! You’ll be prepared to face life’s obstacles when they arise if you start with the good times.

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2. Pay Attention To Details Of Your Daily Routine

Pick one or two daily actions that you undertake, such as brushing your teeth, taking the bus to work, or reading to your kids before bed, and make it a practice of being mindful of what you’re doing. Possibly within a few seconds, your thoughts will stray, but don’t worry about it. Just return your focus to the book or your teeth.

3. Meditate

Develop a mindfulness practice of meditation. Winston suggests beginners start with just 5 minutes a day and slowly increase to 10 minutes. Daily meditation practice will hone skills that enable you to be mindful in other areas of your life. You can do this in solitaire, eyes closed and mind focused on a particular task.  This also gives room for ideas and innovative ways of getting things done.

4. Make Every Task Serious & Important

You must learn to attend to things that you find necessary or important to do with a level of seriousness. This habit will enable you to get a fuller picture of the event or task before you. Taking things seriously doesn’t mean you must always be uptight but whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. If you take what you do seriously, the world will take you seriously.

5. Make Every Moment Count

Make an effort to approach all you do with an open, receptive, and discerning eye. Enjoy the little things in life. This is what you do when you have fulfilled no. 3 above, you make it count. Joy, excitement and enthusiasm should be the order and manner of approach. For as long as you find it important to do make it count.

6. Remember The 4 T’s.

Those stand for: transitions, teatime, toilet, and telephone. I’ve expanded on this idea from Meena Srinivasan, author of Teach, Breathe, Learn: Mindfulness In and Out of the Classroom. Each time you are moving from one activity to the next, drinking tea or coffee, using the bathroom, or checking your phone, take a couple deep breaths and come back to the present moment.

7. Always Take A Deep Breathe

Because breathing is something we always do out of necessity and because it helps us return to the present moment, it is a crucial mindfulness practice. You can calm down and concentrate by taking three or four deep breaths (and paying attention to them) at any one time.

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8. Study Your Environs and Mood

Sit down and pay attention to how the chair feels under your body if focusing on your breathing isn’t quite enough. Consider placing your palms flat on a table or counter and feeling the hard, chilly surface. Keep a tiny stone close by and touch it with your fingers. Your awareness will become present when you take these and other similar acts.

You’ll notice that as you regularly practice moments of awareness, they become more effortless and natural for you. At crucial times of the day, you’ll be more inclined to slow down and find it much simpler to take a few deep breaths so you can reply carefully rather than hurriedly to a fussy child or challenging coworker.

You will still experience moments when you wish you had handled something differently and you will still forget to be attentive more frequently than you’d want. But you’ll also be able to let go more readily and get back on track more swiftly than before.

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