Mindfulness Pocketbook: Little Exercises for a Calmer Life

Creating a mindfulness habit

‘Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.’ – Horace Mann

It isn't necessary to be mindful in all your waking hours, but unless you make a concerted effort to be mindful on a daily basis it's easy to get distracted by myriad things that divert your attention through the day.

Occasional attempts at ‘being in the moment’ or to ‘notice the little things more’ and ‘live in the now’ are well meaning, but distractions and preoccupations take over and resolutions to be more mindful fall by the wayside.

What to do? You need to make mindfulness a habit, something that you do on a regular ...