Thank you all for all the fantastics posts here. I have a similar feeling as the OP. What bugs me the most is that I feel that we're trying too hard for things not to be 'boring'.
For example, being in the now while in the tube going to work. Mine is a 1h journey. Whenever I try to be present, it feels like 10h. And it reminds me how unhappy I am making that journey, having to make that journey, and the reasons behind having to make that journey.
I find this to be the #1 obstacle in trying to be 'more aware'. And I feel that trying to convince myself that it doesn't have to be boring is acceptance of my actualy boring existence. Which goes against the grain of my effort to be more 'in the now', which was to improve my existence.
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