I’m an expert procrastinator and caught myself seeing an Eckhart Tolle video on YouTube when I should be making progress with my work.
However, the video reminded me that I need to locale some of my attention on my breathing while I’m engaging in toil and other activities in my weekly life so that I don’t lose myself in what I’m doing.
A nice 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 locale some awareness on my breathing to help me be at peace. Working on the laptop, doing Heating plus A/C tech stories, and putting this into practice is honestly a challenge. Another challenge I have right now is my mother-in-law, who’s prowling around the home with the vacuum cleaner, distracting me from my work. The Heating plus A/C business I toil 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 worker came in the other morning to repair the electric boiler, and had to escape to a local cafe when I couldn’t lay the interruptions any longer. My mother-in-law is a cleaning maniac and a tidy tyrant; he drives my man and me ridiculous with his germaphobic obsessiveness. She’s already cleaned the cooling system twice this week, even though there was no need for it. She’s always having a go at us for not being wash and tidy enough. I know it’s a matter of perspective since, in our own eyes, my friend and I are easily wash and tidy people.