To live in the moment you also have to manage the practical aspects of life. In the way we've set up physicality, you'll need a calendar and a watch to get things done. If you lived on a deserted island, you wouldn't need those things.
Saying "I have a math test on Thursday" doesn't take you out of the present.
Saying "I'm going to do well/not-well on the math test" takes you out of the moment because you've got an expectation of the future.
Don't sweat the minor blips into the future to plan the practical aspects of your life.
If you look at the schedule on your wall and go into fear because of it, yeah, you just left the present moment.
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