How Do You Live In The Day?

I envy those who can live the day without caring about the future. I cannot.

It is so difficult to live one day at a time and not worry about the future. I don't know how anyone can do it.

That's a beautiful picture! I think it's normal to have some anxieties about the future as we live in a crazy world at a crazy time. What helps me is my relationship with God and knowing from reading the Bible that one day all will be well and there will be no more anxieties as He will take care of all our needs and more.

I have certain "Zen" activities that I do. Most recently, I was up in Montana working on my fence and other things at our family cabin. I went slow and steady and got a lot done. (See my fairly recent posts.) It cleared my mind because I was focused on the task at hand. Here in California, I do some woodworking (mostly on vintage loudspeakers) and that allows me to be in the moment. I can also just practice my guitar.

Like @Maluse, I like the picture. Another of my calming activities is to hike later in the afternoon at Inspiration point in Tilden Park, near Berkeley. We often have sunsets with colors like that.

I have found that it helps to set small, positive goals. Needn't be anything big. Try new recipes Try new things Do X number of crafts Do X much exercise - these help me each month. And keeping thoughts positive for the future. Allow self to day dream, even if you don't think it's realistic. Look for books on power of positive thinking..... I hope these things help you :-)

Living in the moment is something that is being promoted a lot now as having great health benefits. It's fine I think, if you've got all the rest of your ducks in a row. However, if the future seems hopeless, why not try to grab a little happiness right here, right now. Doesn't always work though. I've had my eye on a ripening tomato I've been growing this year. I couldn't wait for it to be ready, so I went and plucked it off the bush and popped it in my mouth awaiting the sweetness to provide me with the expected pleasure. How disappointed was I to find it bitter and very unpleasant. Should have waited.

Sometimes I just go into my room by myself and force myself to have a good cry. It seems to relieve a lots of stress and I feel surprisingly relaxed once I am finished. Sometimes my husbands Parkinsons gets too much for me and today I had to fill out all the forms for my mother in the nursing home. The weight of caring for everyone gets to be too much for me. But after a good cry, I am happy and peaceful again.

I'm always thinking about the future, contemplating what I can do in the present to ensure that I have a better future, or that my family has a better future. But I don't let it consume me, I just focus on what I can control, and don't think about (or try not to think about) those things I cannot control. Sometimes, it's pure faith and optimism that helps me get through particularly troublesome times.

The future is what I live for. I survive my day to day life looking forward to tomorrow.

I concentrate on the present moment although my mind may jump from the past to the future. I think that is natural. We have to live with anxiety but we can use it positively than be burdened with it - siva

My future has nothing interesting for me to look forward to but at least my world is safe (I think, touch wood), not like people in Hawaii right now...

I imagine each person finds their own unique way of dealing with thoughts which occupy one's mind. I am thinking of the future whether it be simple planning for the next day or dealing with something more complex in the future. But I also live in the moment at times. I would consider it odd to only live in the moment without future thoughts? I might even think it unhealthy? Now, whether those thoughts are positive or negative or a combination really depends on one's attitude doesn't it? Winston Churchill, said "attitude is a little thing which makes a big difference." I've also heard the expression, don't sweat the small stuff. Remember, some things are just out of our control. In answering your question about living in the day, for me usually when I'm focused on doing something enjoyable and keeping busy at it I am "in the moment" and other thoughts are switched off to use your phrase. During those moments I am reacting to my environment and not thinking, just living within my own little world... Hope this is helpful to you "C.'

Well this sounds so bad but I have some insurmountable obstacles right now in life seriously, so I am fully grounded in the day itself. I must be tough and keep working and facing the problems, so I think that helps somewhat.

I'm not a worrier and I generally do live in the day. I'm only able to do this because I saved enough money when I was younger, so finances are ok. I don't care to look into the future too much healthwise (especially regarding my husband), but I'll accept what comes. Sorry you're having a hard time.

I don't have an answer for you except to just keep trying to concentrate on the here and now when you feel pulled into thinking of the future. We never know what the future brings and most of the time we worry for nothing.

i too live day by day. having a heart ailment, i try to live in positivism.

It's hard to stop thinking about future ..but by thinking practically we can live in present my dear friend. Very nice picture