I bounced between ideas, trying to decide which topic I wanted to learn about for this project. Finally, I came to a consensus that I would learn about mindfulness. It is important to note that mindfulness is a vast topic, and the journey to achieve a more mindful life might differ from person to person. Due to the vastness of being mindful, I am working on developing a plan for how and what I hope to learn along the journey. This plan is tailored to what I think I could benefit most. I thought the best place to start is by reflecting on my current life and my relationship with mindfulness. I feel that I already have a good general grasp of what mindfulness means; I now want to learn how to become more present and in the moment.
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about mindfulness is meditation… and I suck at meditation. My brain seems like it can not shut off no matter how hard I try to be in “the moment.” I was initially going to do this learning project on meditation since I have always struggled with it, and, as I had mentioned, I always coincided mindfulness with meditation. Although there is excellent research on the benefits of meditation, ultimately, I decided that there is much more to explore with mindfulness than just meditation. I will wrap it up now and get to sharing my rough plan.
How do I hope to become more mindful?
I plan to divide this project into two parts.
Part I: researching about the history of mindfulness and strategies to live a more mindful life
(Exploring apps, resources, podcasts, and accounts)
Part II: applying the research and mindful strategies to my everyday tasks
How will I document and track progress?
The plan is to keep a daily mindful journal where I can document the different methods I have tested and how they have worked for me. I will also jot down my feelings, as I feel that a big part of being mindful is being aware of our emotions and feelings. I will then use my daily journal entries to create my weekly blog posts.
Hi Morgan! This is a great idea, I definitely notice a difference in the days when I meditate in the mornings!
Go easy on yourself, turning your brain off is nearly impossible, I find it’s more about just hanging out with what’s there rather than trying to shut it down 🙂
Wishing you the best on your mindfulness journey, excited to hear about it!
This is such an important life skill! This is such a good learning project to do especially in this stage of life when you are trying to navigate peace in the chaos of school! Taking time to slow down will definitely take some getting used to but if you follow your plan outline, you will have the basics down in no time!
Hey Morgan,
I think your post is great. I believe this is someting that we all could work on at any point in my life. I think with the information learned in this class and how dependent and obsessed our society has become with technology and media, we all should learn to unplug and be in the present. You will definatley be able to transfer and of these skills into a classroom setting. I feel these are great to teach our students and have then learn and use these skills.