I've really been all about the fashion lately on this here site. Mainly because I've been super busy, but also because a lot of the things I've been thinking about, talking about, spending my time on, I'm not quite ready to share with the internet. But don't think for one second that my life has been reduced to Polyvore sets and Anthropologie Reviews. I'm still over here being all reflecty and stuff.
One thing I can share with you is that I am really trying to learn how to live more "in the moment." That sounds a little cliche, I know, but I simply mean to say that I'm trying to focus less on planning for and daydreaming about the future, which comes most naturally to me, and am really trying hard to be fully into whatever I'm working on, whoever I'm talking with or whatever I'm experiencing while I'm experiencing it.
Like a couple of weekends ago when my Dad was here to help us with our yard. Usually I'm too busy counting down until my family gets here, and then dreading every moment that brings their departure closer. But this time I really tried to just be present. We had some great conversations and even enjoyed gluing a million pieces of pipe together and digging trenches. Though it wasn't any sort of special occasion, it's a weekend I'll treasure in my heart for a long time.
I had a really great talk with my sister-in-law the other night. Often we spend most of the conversation updating each other on our schedules, what is going on in the family that the other might not have heard about (our husbands aren't the best communicators) or chatting about some plan that we need to make. But the other night, we just talked. About our lives, our selves, our faiths, our husbands. It was fantastic. It was nothing special, but it very much was.
Anyway, I guess I just wanted to share that thought while it was in my head. Don't always let our future-centric culture get the best of you. Take time to slow down and live the experiences you are having so they don't just become a faint entry in your scrapbook, but have the opportunity to become a treasured memory.
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Great post and some wonderful thoughts. This reflects a lot of what's been going through my head lately. But love your Anthropologie Reviews- keep 'em coming!
Great post, Kali! Living in the moment is hard for me too, but I'm much happier when I cherish what's right in front of me, instead of looking ahead always.
Great thoughts! I work hard to live in the moment too and it's hard. Always so many thing tugging on me as a wife, mother, etc. but I'm working on it! Thanks for the reminder.
well said. something i do on days that i anticipate to be boring, and even on special days, is try to bring my total focus on at least two or three moments in the day and just soak everything in... senses-wise. if that makes sense.
glad you're basking in the little moments!
love this! stop and smell the roses but more eloquently written.
Hm, great post and I totally agree. I don't know that I would call myself a planner, necessarily, but I definitely don't live in the moment as much I'd like. I'm going to try harder too!
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