In The Moment
Have you ever sat down to work on something meaningful, only to find that your mind is drifting everywhere but the task at hand?
Maybe you start thinking about what went wrong the last time you tried something similar. Or maybe your brain fixates on the failures, the mistakes, the rejections, the missed opportunities. Then, almost without noticing, you begin imagining worst-case scenarios. You fall into rumination, and from there, negativity takes over, clouding your thinking and judgment.
Before you’ve even acted, or maybe just as you’ve started, you find yourself completely disconnected from the moment. Your attention is hijacked by imaginary situations or by reliving past outcomes. Suddenly, everything feels impossible or too complex to handle.
This is happening because you are not here.
You are everywhere else.
That is the cost of not being in the moment.
Ground Yourself
So, how do you return to the moment when your mind is spiraling?
You ground yourself.
To be in the moment, you have to anchor yourself to the present.
You suspend everything that has already happened.
You ignore the past and focus as if what is in front of you is all that exists.
There is no before.
There is no after.
It’s just you and this one moment.
This doesn’t mean your past experiences are lost or irrelevant.
Your subconscious is always working in the background, pulling from what it knows.
It recognizes familiar patterns.
It recalls past variables that threw things off.
But your conscious mind has one job
And that is to deal with what is happening right now.
Let me give you an example.
Day traders are taught to be emotionless and objective. Not because that’s where the advantage is, but because there’s a lot at stake. When emotion enters the equation, clarity often disappears. A trader who becomes distracted or reactive loses sight of the real-time data and starts making decisions based on fear or hope instead of facts.
Picture this.
A trader is waiting for a stock to rise but sees a dip and panics. They assume the market is turning against them and decide to sell at a loss. In reality, this dip is a common fluctuation. Markets move in response to millions of people acting at different price points. This movement is normal. But if the trader fixates on every fluctuation, they either lose money or miss out on big gains.
A trader in the moment knows that markets are built on pressure.
That pressure builds.
That pressure releases.
Momentum is created in the process.
A trader who is grounded reads the volume, watches for candle patterns, and responds to what the market is actually doing. Their subconscious might recall lessons from previous trades, but their conscious mind stays focused on the task in front of them.
This same idea applies to anyone with the desire to create.
An artist doesn’t recall how they drew the last apple.
They just draw an apple.
A musician doesn’t recall every song they have played.
They just play.
A pilot doesn’t recall every flight they have flown.
They just fly.
You don’t need to relive every past moment.
You just need to live.
The present is not dictated by the past as much as the future is dictated by the present.
Everything comes down to your actions in the moment.
Whatever situation you are facing
You have the power to assess it and shape it with clarity.
You just need to be in the moment.
Try This
The next time you feel stuck or overwhelmed
Challenge yourself to stay in the moment.
Silence the noise.
Ignore the what-ifs.
Focus only on what’s in front of you.
Then take action.
No matter how small.
That’s where the progress is.
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