
Be the one who is present in your life
Mindfulness is the practice of purposefully focusing all of your attention on the current moment, and accepting it without judgment. This is a great place to start if you are looking for the key element in happiness.
Done correctly, mindfulness will allow you to decrease your stress and anxiety, minimize the amount of time that you spend feeling overwhelmed, and help you appreciate each small moment as it happens. In a world of chaos, mindfulness might just be the trick you need to learn to be able to cope with the madness. (S.J. Scott, 2020)
"Although many conceptualizations of mindfulness have been offered (including uni- and multidimensional approaches), two components are commonly described across mindfulness definitions and measures: (1) the use of attention to monitor one’s present moment experiences, and (2) a mental attitude of acceptance toward momentary experience" (Lindsay & Creswel, 2018)
Mindfulness and mindfulness training are associated with a broad range of outcomes.
MAT describes mechanisms of mindfulness for cognition, affect, stress, and health.
Attention monitoring improves cognitive outcomes and increases affect reactivity.
Monitoring and acceptance interact to improve stress, affect, and health outcomes.
MAT is a testable account that seeks to stimulate mechanistic mindfulness research.
"Mindfulness helps us put some space between ourselves and our reactions, breaking down our conditioned responses. Here’s how to tune into mindfulness throughout the day:
That’s the practice. It’s often been said that it’s very simple, but it’s not necessarily easy. The work is to just keep doing it. Results will accrue" Mindful.Org, 2020
"The goal of mindfulness is to wake up to the inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes"