Be Where Your Feet Are

I made a reel about this a few weeks back and I just want to revisit it today. This is a phrase that sticks with me almost daily. It is a mantra that I recite to help keep me focused on my dreams and goals.

I heard this a few months back and it’s stuck with me. Whenever I think about this phrase I can’t help but to wiggle my toes and tap my feet as if I’m checking the strength of the floor.

Where ever you are, be present. Be where your feet are. I am a big day dreamer and easily distracted. No I don’t have ADD or ADHD but I just dream. I like to lose where I am get put somewhere else, mentally. I lose track of where I am, more specifically, where my feet are.

When I am work I am working, or I try to be. This is where I dream and get lost inside my own head the most. I need my reminder to be where my feet are focus on the task at hand.

Likewise, when I am at home, I need to be focused on my homely duties. I need to focused on cleaning, caring, or cooking. Again, here I get lost. I might be on my phone too much or get sucked into watching TV with my kids. I lose my present presence. (That’s a mouthful)

So here’s what I’ve done to help keep my focus:

1. At work I put my phone in a drawer. Yes I still have my watch on but if I put it in a drawer, I am less apt to check it.
2. At home, I have my phone set to Do Not Disturb at 7p. It’s supposed to prevent me from using it but the bypass is too easy now. I need to get back into the habit of setting it away from me.
3. I set my phone in the kitchen when I am in the living room. This helps me to focus on my kids. Yes, I feel antsy at times. Yes, it is uncomfortable at times but my kids don’t have a phone, why can’t I do the same?
4. When I get lost in my thoughts, I push them away like a cloud. They obscure what I am supposed to be working on and my mentally pushing them aside I can see clearly what I need to do.

Next time you find yourself dreaming when your supposed to focusing think back to these tips and maybe you will enjoy the moment you are in. I know I do.