Truelife Solutions

Shattered

"I'm shattered", how many of us have heard ourselves say this to ourselves or another? Do we question what has shattered us in the first place? 


Have you observed how your mind is already at work, having conversations, hanging out the washing, going for a walk, making lunches while you are simply getting ready to go for a morning walk. There is a saying that where your thoughts go your energy flows. I watched my mind this morning as I lay in bed, got ready for a walk, went for a walk and by the time 6:30am came about I could see how my thoughts had shattered me into being with faces, places and acts that did not require neither my energy or my input at that time. 
When our thoughts are elsewhere so are we and it means that we are constantly facing our lives from a shattered perspective. There are three useful tools that you can use to bring yourself back to the moment, the first is to ask yourself:


Where are am I with my thoughts?
  e.g. Am I making the bed or at work having a conversation while making my bed. 


Am I aware of my breath?


e.g. Am I breathing short and shallow or am I aware of bringing my breath in through my nose down to my abdomen and exhaling slowly up through my lungs and out of my mouth.


Do I need to take this action now? 


If the answer is yes then stop thinking about it and go do it, if the answer is no write it on a list and be where you require yourself to be.