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Why trying to be present keeps you stuck in your head

I have been trying to live in the moment for months but I keep catching myself planning the next moment instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The effort to capture the present moment is like trying to catch one's own shadow; presence emerges when effort dissolves.

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