Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present
The period of time we find hardest to inhabit is the present; for a range of powerful reasons we should take on board. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/MaqBD Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/K9vKk FURTHER READING "Very many of us suffer from a peculiar-sounding problem: an inability to properly inhabit the stretch of time we call ‘the present’. Maybe we’re on a beautiful beach on a sunny day, the sky is azure and the palm trees slender and implausibly delicate, but most of ‘us’ isn’t actually here at all, it’s somewhere at work or in imaginary discussion with a rival or plotting a new enterprise...." You can read more on this article and other topics here: http://bit.ly/2cb3YSy MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/290imOt SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: / theschooloflifelondon X: / theschooloflife Instagram: / theschooloflifelondon CREDITS Produced in collaboration with Tomas Pichardo Espaillat http://tomatico.net/ #TheSchoolOfLife

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