I hate picking berries. It's either too hot, or too cold, or too humid. Maybe I will convince myself some day; who knows?
But I entirely understand the idea and support that.
In my experience, there are two approaches:
1. Freestyle: I try not to steer anything; just the mind is flowing.
2. Focusing on here and now: I try to focus on the present moment.
Here are my ideas:
1. Wandering in the woods/park without the phone and counting backwards from 50 to 1 over and over again, or focusing on the present experience (noticing people, nature, and other stuff without judgements, just the observation).
2. The same as above but with the phone + recording voice memos. Sometimes, it's over 30 minutes long voice memos :-) Saying things out loud have more power than just thinking about that. It makes that happen, real and physical.
3. Swimming in the pool, counting strokes, breaths, pools swum, etc.
But I entirely understand the idea and support that.
In my experience, there are two approaches:
1. Freestyle: I try not to steer anything; just the mind is flowing.
2. Focusing on here and now: I try to focus on the present moment.
Here are my ideas:
1. Wandering in the woods/park without the phone and counting backwards from 50 to 1 over and over again, or focusing on the present experience (noticing people, nature, and other stuff without judgements, just the observation).
2. The same as above but with the phone + recording voice memos. Sometimes, it's over 30 minutes long voice memos :-) Saying things out loud have more power than just thinking about that. It makes that happen, real and physical.
3. Swimming in the pool, counting strokes, breaths, pools swum, etc.