{"id":54940,"date":"2016-05-20T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=54940"},"modified":"2016-05-20T14:15:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T18:15:57","slug":"mas-sajady-being-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/de\/journal\/mas-sajady-being-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Mas Sajady: Being Present"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mas Sajady is a friend of Wanderlust and presenter. Don’t miss his next event at Wanderlust Hollywood<\/a> in Los Angeles on May 27. Buy ticket here<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s something we’ve all heard countless times\u2014from yoga instructors, friends, parents, and even in lyrics of songs: „Be present,“ or (its sister saying): „Live in the moment.“ This quest to be present<\/a> in our lives seems like a loaded task, but is it really?<\/p>\n

We spend a lot of\u00a0our time caught\u00a0up in the storm of\u00a0our thoughts, drifting through clouds of our subconscious. Of course we think<\/em> we’re focused on the task at hand when in actuality we’re running through the laundry list of things we’ve got to do, loftily dreaming of places we’d rather be, or just simply drifting off.\u00a0How many times have you driven home from work and made it more than half the way without even realizing it? Those past 15 minutes were a blur. You’ve zoned\u2014on autopilot. The mind wanders and you seamlessly wander with it.<\/p>\n

How do we break this cycle of drifting out of the present moment and into our own heads<\/a>? „Notice what you notice,“ Mas Sajady says. It’s really\u00a0that simple and<\/em> that difficult, all in one. Mas admits, in the video below, „It probably will be one of the hardest things that you’ve ever tried.“<\/p>\n