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When I was younger, my mom used to tell me that the older you get, the quicker time passes. My mom is known to be a bit dramatic so, I didn’t really take her seriously but lately, her words have proven to be alarmingly true. It’s happened so many times lately—I’ll think I just saw a friend last week but that was actually five weeks ago, or I’ll find myself with just 12 hours before a trip that I could have sworn I was just jotting down in my calendar yesterday, but that was three months ago. My sense of time is completely off, but it’s always off in the same direction: I believe that far less time has passed than really has. When I get in bed at night now, I envision one of those montage scenes in a movie where you see the main character crawl into their blanket night after night after night, with a whole week passing in 30 seconds. I’ve had to learn ways to be more in the moment to prevent a meltdown. On that note, here are ways you can feel more in the moment.
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See yourself from the outside
Think of the way someone else would see you right now. For example, I’m currently so focused on writing this but, if someone were to see me, they’d see a girl calmly enjoying sitting under a palm tree with a breeze on her, donning cute sunglasses (what? They are) and being contemplative. Ah. That’s so much better than the way I was feeling about this moment. I just needed some outside perspective.
