Last month I finally stopped multitasking. I fell down an entire set of stairs and ended up in the ER. After cat scans and X-rays, I am grateful to report that nothing was broken. The entire episode was unreal. It was an ordinary day and I was about to run an ordinary chore. But, it seems the universe had another idea. Here’s the reason why there is a gap between knowing something and living it.
For 20 years I’ve wanted to simplify my life and I trained in neuroscience and coaching. I left the corporate world (willingly, I may add) 2 years before the pandemic. For the better part of my 20-year career, I worked on remote teams with members spanning the globe. So, I was accustomed to and comfortable with the new normal that came after the pandemic.
But the fall down the stairs drove home for me the final lesson (let’s hope this is the final lesson). That lesson is: Insight IS NOT Application.
Purposeful living is being 100% present in the Here and Now. This is the definition of Mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way of Being which gives us mental fitness and emotional agility so that we are functioning at full capacity and at our best. I knew this, I had learned it and I had accepted it. However, I wasn’t practicing it daily. I was thinking of other things as I started down those stairs and I lost my footing. As I heal, I do everything one thing at a time and I give the present moment my full attention.
How could living with purpose benefit you?
