Hey, my friend what is up and welcome back to another episode of Do Life Big. I'm so excited to have you here today. Today's episode is going to be all about “how you can be more in the present moment”. How you can truly get out of your head no matter what's going on in your life right now. And just enjoy and be in the present moment. And I'm going to give you four ways that you can actually bring yourself back to be more in the present moment here. Because after all, that's what life is all about. We only have one life, the clock is ticking. And to truly be in the present moment enjoying it, is what it's all about.
But you ever just sit back and you just kind of wander right, through all the chaos and all the hustle and bustle going on. You ever just sit back and wonder like, What the heck is the point of all this, right? Like, what the heck is the point of all this like running all around, I'm getting stressed out about the bills and getting stressed out about, you know, tuition, and this is causing me stress, and I have a headache over this. And now my back is killing me because of this. And you ever just sit back and think like what the heck is the point, right? We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we let the things from the past consume us? Why do we let fear of the future consume us and really keep us from just being here in the moment and enjoying it? You know, we're in a world where we are constantly just driven by goals and ambition. And we have this, you know, relentless pursuit of success. And then there's some that want that recognition. But did you ever really take a step back and ask yourself, What the heck is the point in all of that, and I'm not saying this in like a bad negative, like morbid way. But really, what's the point?
We are conditioned and trained ourselves to believe that we need to constantly be chasing something. And then when we actually do get that something, you know, we don't even take a second to sit back and really enjoy it. And instead, we immediately just go to the next thing, Alright, what's next? What's the next thing that I can go for? right? I bet you can probably relate to that. And we've trained ourselves to immediately already be somewhere else. So instead of really being in that present moment, and sitting back and thinking, oh my gosh, I worked so hard, I was so disciplined, I stayed the course and I was you know, I had this as a goal or had this on my vision board, or this was a dream at one point or another. And now I'm actually living it. And instead of really, truly enjoying that moment, being in that present moment, we've already taken ourselves out of that moment and put ourselves somewhere else in the future.
We don't even focus on how good that feels. Because we're so trained to be like, Okay, moving on, next up, and we trained our mind to just always be somewhere else. And the purpose of your life is to be right here right now in this moment, and to be as present as possible, as often as possible. You know, and obviously, listen, you know, we can't be present every single day, every single second of every day. And obviously, we can't be present every single second of every day. But just like, you know, if you've ever had a dog before, when you train a dog to sit, right, we have to train our mind to be still and to just sit and to just be here. And of course, just like when you're training a dog like my dog Mocha, it just like if you're training your dog, of course, it's going to run away sometimes and run off on you. Just like your mind is going to do the same thing as well. But then we need to get it back. Just like how we train a dog to come back if it runs away.
So if you were to fast forward, I want you to just kind of fast forward 30 years from now, and I just want you to imagine that you've literally accomplished every single little thing that you could have ever imagined accomplishing. You've accomplished it. All the achievements, all the goals, all the income, all the happiness, all the love, anything that is on your list of, all right, I made it this I am living the life without fulfillment and alignment, I've done it all, imagine that you have achieved and accomplished every single little thing. And it's 30 years from now, I can guarantee you that you would trade anything to be right here back in this moment. Because this life that you currently have right now, even if you're acting like, it's not good enough, it is good enough. And of course, there's ups and downs. And of course, growing is important. And also experiences are important. But don't forget that the purpose of your life is to enjoy your time here. Like, actually enjoy your time here and have fun and be happy and make the most of it.
If you're stressed out right now, and you're feeling overwhelmed, and you're like, Okay, well you don't understand what I have going on in my life right now, like the walls are crashing down around me. Just put everything down, get yourself outside right now. And really be present to what you hear and what you see. Right? What do you hear? What are you seeing? Are you seeing the clouds going by you feeling the sun on your face? There is so much to enjoy right here right now. No matter what you have going on in your life right now. So ask yourself this question. What's getting in the way of you enjoying every present moment? What's getting in the way of you enjoying every present moment? Just allow yourself to be quiet with that? And ask yourself, Is it fear? Is it limiting beliefs? Is it me resisting the way the world is? Like, what is it that is blocking that for you? When you look at all the things that you love, or love to do? They're almost always something that make you feel present in the moment. You know, this is exactly why people love going to the movies, think about it. Or people love playing an instrument. This is why they love to do these things so much. Because guess what, it's a distraction from everything else. And it forces you to be in the present moment right here right now. It gets you to forget about everything else and be present in that moment. Honestly, that's why I love boating, there's no technology around. There's no phones, there's no TVs, there's no computers, you're just out on the boat, in the middle of the beautiful blue ocean, listening to the motor go through the waves of the ocean, listening to the birds fly above you, feeling the sunshine and the breeze on your face. It allows you to be in that present moment. But our mind is constantly battling between regrets of the past or fear of the future. And all of that is what keeps you from being right here right now enjoying the present moment. And the only moment that we truly have is this moment. So we have to be as present as we can and enjoy this. And as we become more present, here's what's awesome, we become happier. And there's actually been so much research done on this, that just having that mindfulness is directly linked to happiness.
So if you're like, you know, I want to be happy, I want to have more happiness, focus on being more present. And that is an automatic byproduct of that. Your mind is almost always somewhere else. Plain and simple. It's either in the past, or the future. But what's here right now is your body, your body is always right here right now. So I'm going to give you four different ways that can help you break away from those distractions and the stress and the overwhelm and train yourself to be more present in the moment. So the first thing that you can do, number one, is to just go sit outside or sit somewhere and sit still and spend 30 seconds going through each of your five senses. And what I mean by this is you're going to sit down and you're going to be completely distraction free. And you're gonna spend 30 seconds with the first one to say, All right, what do I see right now? and become aware to it. And then you're gonna move on. What do I hear right now? Do I hear the lawn more outside or hear the weed whacker? What are the different things that you hear? What do I feel? Okay, I'm feeling the shirt on my skin. I'm feeling the AC blowing on me. Go through those things. What do I smell? Are there any smells right now? Did the house cleaners just come by and they use that awesome Fabuloso purple stuff. It makes the house smell really good. Try to think of as many different smells that you can recognize. What can I taste? Oh, that's great. I can taste my peach Alani energy drink right now. What else can you taste? And you just spend 30 seconds. It's really quick because it's 30 seconds for each sense. And you can challenge yourself to do this. Or actually I challenge you to do this when you're doing the most boring things in your day to day life like doing the dishes or the laundry. And this will all help train your mind to be more present.
The second thing that you can do is just breath work, that's really helpful in getting you be more present. And you should give yourself a little more time for this one. And you can do it in the shower, you can do it first thing in the morning, several times throughout the day, when you're driving in your car, if you're going to go for a walk, it helps significantly.
The third thing is to journal because we all know that keeping this stuff in your mind isn't going to help change anything. But what I want you to journal is, I want you to ask yourself this question and write it down in your journal, what's getting in the way of me being present? And really sit down and allow yourself to think about that and journal about that? Is it fear? Is it you not scheduling enough time for yourself? Like, what is it that's getting in the way of you being present, and really get it all out of your head and into a journal, get it onto paper. And then the last thing, number four, is to disconnect from the technology as much as you can, you know, stop watching so much TV, stop being on your phone so much. I'm not saying get rid of it all. But allow yourself to even just have 10 minutes, where you're sitting down in the quiet, get yourself outside, and just sit there and just watch the clouds go by watch the airplanes fly up above you train your mind to not be so stimulated every single day. Alright, so I hope that helped you out. Really ask yourself how present can you actually get, and then you will be happier. And then you will really be living a life where you look back and you don't have any regrets. And you can tell yourself that you lived your life to its fullest. You truly enjoy the moments. And you can be proud of that because it's something that you worked on. So thank you so much for being here today. You know, I love you. I think you're awesome. And I will see you the next time. Bye.
