Best Ways How To Quit Autopilot And Start Mindful Living.

Living on autopilot is a common trend in a modern world. We often forget to reflect on our behaviour, and most importantly we do not live intentionally or mindfully.

Living On Autopilot.

Autopilot is a term that was popularised by the automobile industry. It refers to a person who is having problems due to lack of concentration. The vehicle automatically drives the motorway in a set pattern, with little or no effort on the person’s part. In autopilot, you rarely have to think. You drive, you park, you go home. It is easier to drive than to think. You might feel less stressed by being in a vehicle, but it does not help when you are mindlessly driving.

Living on autopilot is the opposite to mindful living. You allow your mind function without control using habits, that you have collected during your entire life. So, be honest: how many times did you drive to work or shops, not even remember the way? Do you feel detached from the present moment? If so, you need to QUIT autopilot and start living mindfully.

What Is A Mindful Living?

Mindful living means you are aware of your actions, and your thoughts. You are in tune with what is happening around you. When you live on autopilot, you tend to forget your natural habits. You are caught in your own ways. These habits may help you get around easily, but at the price of mental and emotional health.

Mindfulness means you are aware of what is going on around you. When you live mindfully, you have to be aware of what is happening within yourself. If you are mindlessly living, you may have been living this way for a long time. You cannot change your ways overnight, but you can make small, daily changes to live mindfully.

6 Steps To Change Your Living Style And Achieve Goals.

#1.

First, decide on the goals you want to achieve (it is related not only for mindful living, but in general). Make sure you are living for yourself, not someone else. Think about your specific needs. Are you happy? Can you enjoy life, and are you able to experience joy? Think about the needs of others.

Do you enjoy entertaining? Living a busy life? Are you constantly on the go? Do you find yourself rushing for time? Have you always been this way? Or, do you often feel tired, and burnt out? Have you developed habits that are mindlessly boring?

When you have made the decision to change yourself, write down your goals and the reasons why you want to change. The key to success in life lies in living for others and living joyfully. Making the decision to make the changes is the first step.

#2.

Next, you need to make small, daily changes to make your life more joyful. Have faith in yourself. It is never too late. Take each small step, and thank yourself later.

When you are struggling with stress, anxiety or depression, or if you find yourself in a bad place, write down your thoughts and feelings. This will help you know that you are in a bad place, and it will help you know you need to change. In case you become a victim of terror or violence, you will be able to recognize your mental illness.

Write down your thoughts and feelings, and do not analyze the reasons why you are not happy. Simply write down your thoughts. Take the decision to change yourself, and write your goals. Then find a supportive person, and explain why you want to change yourself and start a mindful living. If you cannot write your goals, simply write your feelings, and find a supportive person. Decide if you want to change yourself or not. Remember you have the chance to decide what you want to do in your life.

#3.

After you decide, write your small daily changes, and ask your supportive person to remind you after each day if you need to change anything. For example, if you want to change your lifestyle, ask your supportive person to remind you after every meal if you need to change your medications. Ask your supportive person to send you the reminders.

As soon as you are in your new lifestyle you can start to feel the effects of your new goals. Try to start with small changes, because when you change your lifestyle you will see the effects and you will feel the benefits, and you will be motivated to continue the change, and also you will see the effects of changing yourself and you will feel your new self and you will also want to change yourself.

Once you can see the new self, you will start to feel more confident, happy, and you will feel your new skills and you will also want to change yourself.

After you see the effects of changing yourself, decide what you want to do in your life, and take the first step.

#4.

Write down what you need to live. It could be your favorite things to live. If you want to work out, write it down, and then go find the weights you need, if you want to travel, write it down, and then find the airlines you need, and if you want to go out, write it down.

#5.

Note what you like to do when you want to relax, and when you want to be productive. For instance, you like to go out with your friends, write it down, and then write down how many people you can invite, and if you want to cook something, write it down, and then find the ingredients you need, and then decide if you want to cook something new or use an existing recipe.

#6.

Next, write down your goals and then write down the small steps you need to take next. If you want to get in shape, then find the weights you need, the exercises that you do, and then find the food you like to eat and the meals you can eat per day, and then write down the foods you already prepare and the meals you prepare every day.

How To Live A Conscious Life?

1. List Your Values

I created a list of core values to ensure I was living a conscious life. While I have made mistakes along the way, it is better to own up to them and change for the better than to live with regrets.

Would you agree with me that, when we focus on core values, we are honoring ourselves, our parents, our children, our spouses, and society. When we don’t focus on these core values we feel trapped, depressed, lonely, hopeless, and powerless. Allowing ourselves to feel these things brings peace, motivation, and joy. Our loved ones may also give us feelings of these things. Allow yourself to receive these things, and keep yourself from being the victim. Having core values set will definitely improve your mindful living.

2. Be Mindful

There is one last step to the process, and that is to say it in all that you say, think, and do. Remember, the things you are doing, saying, and thinking is how you feel. When you feel this way, you are giving yourself a signal that the “process” is successful. Think happiness, love, and prosperity. Say it and think it and do it and you will have the “crowning achievement” of your life. Remember, you can’t have success without success.

We love to live in an unending cycle of progress. The idea of a lack of progress is not attractive. We want to know that every single day we are making steady progress, that we are not stuck in a rut. We want to know that no matter how slow things seem to be going, we are moving forward.

In this constant progress model, we are excited about where we are now and the next step. The next step is the “big step” and the next is the “super hard step”. The next is the “sexy leap”. Then, we say “I did it”. Then, we celebrate with big feasts and “Oh my God, what was I thinking?”

The lack of progress model doesn’t sound so exciting. We realize that we don’t take huge leaps forward. We are often stuck in ruts. The next big step doesn’t seem to be next. We say “Oh well”. Then, we reflect on what could have been had we taken the next step. We feel sad that we didn’t take it. We convince ourselves “It’s too late”. Then, we feel defeated that we didn’t do it at the time of greater urgency.

The lack of super hard step model sounds like a vicious cycle of inaction. We not only don’t take big leaps forward, but we don’t even begin to take the next big step. There is a lack of purpose in our lives, and we are constantly caught in cycles of never finishing what we begin. The lack of progress model is a vicious cycle that keeps us stuck in a rut.

3. Believe In Yourself

So why do we do this? There are several reasons. The first is that we don’t believe that we have the capacity to complete the task at hand. The second is that we think that we don’t need to do something to feel successful. The third is that we think that we are invincible and don’t need to make ourselves vulnerable to complete the task at hand. The fourth is that we are afraid of letting go of what is familiar to us. The fifth reason is that we are afraid of the consequences that will ensue if we let go of what we are comfortable with.

4. Stay Motivated

If you are motivated and focused, then you are more likely to complete the task at hand. The lack of motivation model exists to keep you not making progress in your life and that will not help with mindful living.

You can identify all of these reasons for not moving forward. But you don’t necessarily recognize that they are motivating reasons. It takes a conscious decision to make a change. One that allows you to be more aware of what your needs are and to create a plan of action that helps you fulfill needs. Without this conscious decision, the lack of motivation model will continue to keep you from moving forward toward your better life.

You can be more intentional about your goals. You are capable of recognizing, that there are specific goals that will move you toward better tomorrow. And you know what you need to do to make progress.

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