8. Use Triggers to Practice

You can use interruptions as hooks to make you more mindful.

Every time your phone rings, take a mindful breath. Every time you hear the ping of a text message, pause to be mindful of your surroundings rather than immediately reacting by checking the message. 

Mindfulness is more difficult than it sounds as our attention is gone in a few seconds from our intended focus point.

Take note of your daily habits and stuff you do without thinking, like checking your phone notifications, or washing your hands, and plant ‘cues’ in them to be mindful. Fe...

• Mindfulness meditation: just set a timer for five minutes to sit and breathe.
• Reminders: set reminders to focus on different activities: to take breaks, to refocus on work, etc.
• Journaling: use it to get your thoughts out of your head and on paper, where ...