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Always live in the present - Honest - 19-06-2022
Don't think about the future or the past.
Avoid things that force you to worry about future, like getting a job or being in education ("Oh no, I have to go back to work tomorrow" - "Oh no, I have exams next month" etc.)
If you feel like you are beginning to be dragged out of the present, re-ground yourself with a mantra.
Only think of the near-future and near-past: "where did I put my car keys?" or "where will I travel to today?" Worrying about things in the far-future or far-past does not improve your standing in the present.
Ignore anything that you do not wish to do. A lot of things are very overrated in society, because people want to scam you into worrying about nonsensical things. But survival is truly very easy. No one is at risk of starving to death anymore.
The only times I've felt depressed/stressed is when I'm in periods where I'm forced into worrying about the future. The pain that these rare moments have caused me is enough for me to realise the importance of remaining in the present at all times.
I feel good 24/7 as long as I remain in the present.
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RE: Always live in the present - Achathin - 19-06-2022
time doesn't exist, cuck
RE: Always live in the present - Honest - 19-06-2022
(19-06-2022, 05:08 PM)Achathin Wrote: time doesn't exist, cuck
That's the point, you 85 IQ subhuman
RE: Always live in the present - kathisterima - 19-06-2022
so you cope with the inevitability of time passing by living a life where this plays no role?
RE: Always live in the present - Normal - 19-06-2022
go get a job
RE: Always live in the present - noi_avorrit - 19-06-2022
In my case I can't stop thinking about the past, specially pre 2020 era though. I feel as if anything post early 2020 isn't nostalgic at all and as if time went by faster than before that time.
RE: Always live in the present - Mersicel214 - 19-06-2022
the past makes ur present
RE: Always live in the present - MysteriousWeeb420 - 19-06-2022
legit
RE: Always live in the present - AnxiousDrift - 19-06-2022
do you meditate? just 'switching to the present moment' doesn't work for me, my cortisol is too high to ignore the past and future through sheer willpower.
RE: Always live in the present - Honest - 20-06-2022
(19-06-2022, 05:40 PM)kathisterima Wrote: so you cope with the inevitability of time passing by living a life where this plays no role?
Time passing doesn't worry me
(19-06-2022, 07:34 PM)AnxiousDrift Wrote: do you meditate? just 'switching to the present moment' doesn't work for me, my cortisol is too high to ignore the past and future through sheer willpower.
I've started thinking like this just a few days ago. For example, when my mum tells me that I need to get a job, I try to ignore it and not allow my mood to be ruined. I said the mantra "stay happy" (or something like that, I can't remember) in my head a couple times but haven't made a habit of it
RE: Always live in the present - Busty Doll - 28-02-2025
If we live in a simulation, all your problems are a joke.
Imagine someone came to you crying because "he committed a serious felony," but it actually happened in GTA.
Your issues could be of the same caliber