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 place some of my attention on my breathing while I’m engaging in work and other activities in my daily life so that I don’t lose myself in what I’m doing. A good 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 place some awareness on my breathing to help me be at peace. Working on the computer, doing HVAC 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 house with the vacuum cleaner, distracting me from my work. The HVAC business 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 technician came in the other day to fix the electric furnace, and had to escape to a local cafe when I couldn’t stand the interruptions any longer. My mother-in-law is a cleaning maniac and a tidy tyrant; she drives my girlfriend 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 always having a go at us for not being clean and tidy enough. I guess it’s a matter of perspective since, in our own eyes, we are very clean and tidy people.