Comments on: How to Be More Present & What Matters Most

By: Evita

Evita — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:27:24 +0000

Hi Stacey

Oh this is such a big one indeed! Parents may be “there” in theory with their children, but all too often they are not present for their children. And the thing is, whether consciously or subconsciously, our children know this.

Being present whether for our children, our spouses or our friends is perhaps the most important gift we can give them.

Thanks for the great tips!

By: Stacey Shipman

Stacey Shipman — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:54:27 +0000

Lance – When I multi-task I’m not focused, and that in itself is stressful! Yes, meditation is a powerful tool.

Chris – Definitely one way of looking at multi-tasking – to not feel things. How about companies who put in their job descriptions: Must be good at multi-tasking…

Peggy – Time with family is the best, isn’t it! Yes, I often have people ask me, “How do I make the time.” I don’t know when that became a struggle. But anything fun creates guilt – like people aren’t doing enough!

By: Peggy Nolan

Peggy Nolan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:15:21 +0000

Hi Stacey!

Dust bunnies be damned…they can wait

Even with grown up semi adult children, hubs and I make the time to spend time with them. Last weekend it was a hike near Bretton Woods with my youngest step-daughter, my SIL, and my one year old grand daughter (ok, she didn’t hike…she was carried!). Sunday we spent the day with my oldest step daughter and watched the Star Wars movie marathon (geeks, yes, and proud of it!)

Life moves at the speed of life – we can’t slow it down or speed it up but we can make the time to be with the ones we love and value. Because we MAKE time for what we value.

xo
Peggy

By: Chris Edgar

Chris Edgar — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:09:32 +0000

Thanks for this. On multitasking, I find in observing myself and in working with people that it often comes from a desire to escape the experience we’re having right now — if we’re feeling sad or irritated, for instance, then we try to pile on the activities and distractions so we don’t have to feel them. The trouble is, like you say, that this actually holds us back from accomplishing what we want in life and work.

By: Lance

Lance — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:01:40 +0000

Dust bunnies are cheaper to feed than real bunnies, too…. (go figure – I’d focus on the dust bunnies from all this good info…)

I’m all for single-tasking – it keeps me much more fully focused on that moment.

Now, that idea of meditation…so interesting that I would read this today (after a coaching call earlier this afternoon). Let’s just say it’s like the stars (or perhaps those dust bunnies) were aligned….

Nice picture, too – you look very relaxed and in that moment…