Tag: Habits

Something you can do for 3 minutes a day that will add years to your life

Posted on by philipdodson

A life on autopilot.

This is what will all do.

99% of what we do, say etc is all unconscious habitual behaviour. We perhaps only experience 1% of our existence/life consciously aware of the real life moment that is now.

The rest we spend in our heads, in our mind. Often suffering psychological fear from our projections into the fantasy that is the future.

Imagine if we became more conscious for just another 5% of our life?

That would equate to 1,496 days or 4.1 years based on an average life expectancy of 82 years.

4 years of being conscious, 4 years of seeing, feeling, experiencing and just being awake in this moment now. Actually experiencing real life rather than stuck in unconscious thoughts and habitual behaviours.

Imagine how life could change radically.

We have one existence in this current physical carnation, beyond that no one knows. Why not spend as much of it as possible being aware and actually in this moment enjoying real life.

That’s 5% less screen time, 5% less thinking of past and future, 5% less of autopilot and so on. Just a small change on a daily basis.

On a daily basis that’s just 3 minutes of consciousness an hour that will give us 4 years extra of real life ‘now’ moment conscious experience.

Also, 4 years less of suffering from our mind and its endless repeating thought patterns.

3 minutes a day for an extra four years of life.

Or we could add more each day, step by step to a more conscious existence. As always it’s our choice.

Rebuilding

Posted on by philipdodson

Rebuilding habits.

Here I am, doing my blog…three days in a row now!!

So what!!

Well, I blogged every single day for 6+ years and then lost the habit.

I’m trying to start it again. Habits are like driving your car. All the effort and fuel is used getting the car from a standstill to a steady speed. Once you reach a steady speed, especially on the open road, then the momentum carries the car along without the need for too much more fuel and energy.

It’s the same with any habit, getting started and building momentum is the hard part.

It’s doubly hard when you stop something after so long to get that started again.

You feel like you have been there and done it.

There is something for me to learn here. Try, if possible, to not stop a good thing once you have it going.

Of course, there are times when we need a break from our routines, some time to freshen up and come back with more energy. That’s what I needed.

However, the longer we leave something, the harder it is to restart. As the amount thinking time increases so does the level of inertia.

Let’s see how it goes…3 days is a start. So I am happy.