I’m an expert procrastinator and caught myself watching an Eckhart Tolle video on YouTube when I should be making progress with my work.
However, the video reminded me that I need to venue some of my attention on my breathing while I’m engaging in work and other activities in my weekly life so that I don’t lose myself in what I’m doing.
A wonderful warning sign that I’ve lost myself in what I’m doing is when irritation and anger arise for no apparent reason; in which case I should venue some awareness on my breathing to help me be at peace. Working on the computer, doing Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C tech stories, and putting this into practice is certainly a challenge. Another challenge I have right now is my mother-in-law, who’s prowling around the dwelling with the vacuum cleaner, distracting me from my work. The Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C supplier I work for requires a high degree of concentration and focus, something I cannot do if there is noise in the background while I’m trying to work. It was the same, when the heating professional came in the other day to repair the electric heater, and had to escape to a local cafe when I couldn’t rest the interruptions any longer. My mother-in-law is a cleaning maniac and a tidy tyrant; she drives my bestie and me crazy with her germaphobic obsessiveness. She’s already cleaned the air conditioner twice this week, even though there was no need for it. She’s consistently having a go at us for not being disinfect and tidy enough. I know it’s a matter of perspective since, in our own eyup, my pal and I are undoubtedly disinfect and tidy people.