How to Find Peace Everyday
I find peace in the little things in life. I always feel at peace when I fixate on a moment that doesn’t require constant attention. I can find peace when I stare at the moon in my bedroom window while I fall asleep but I can also find it as easily as staring at the movement of the trees in this English room. In my opinion, peace doesn’t have to be very specific or very long, just a couple of seconds can be the peace I need that day.
Peace can be meditation every morning. It can seem so stupid to sit and meditate to look for some peace but sometimes that makes everything better. Whether or not it seems dumb to sit in silence and breathe, your brain will appreciate the nice steady flow of oxygen once in a while. Meditation is a habit that I’ve always wanted to build into my daily routine, but I have never been diligent enough to follow through. Apart from all the benefits it may include, it makes me really happy just being able to have 10 minutes of every morning to myself without any disruptions.
Where I find peace, I usually find gratitude as well. Whenever I zone out during the day, I always feel as if I’m just grateful to be alive in the moment. I think a lot of the time in our hustling and bustling society, we forget to just seize the moment as it happens. There are so many “what ifs” that we ask ourselves everyday and we spend so much time thinking about what could’ve happened or what we would do in the future that we forget to just take in the current moment. I find myself feeling more at ease when I try to focus on the things right in front of me that I am in control of rather than spending tremendous amounts of effort thinking about something I can’t control. Of course this is always easier said than done.
So how do you really incorporate peace into a restless lifestyle? As I get older, I have started to prioritize my general good energy over anything else. In the beginning, I felt guilty about the change in priority as I would sleep earlier without completing assignments or watching a show instead of doing flashcards. It almost seemed as if I was cheating my own consciousness. As I have gotten used to prioritizing my feelings and well being, I can see that I am more efficient whenever I do work. It doesn’t really feel draining anymore when I do the assignments or studying for an exam. I changed my mindset around the idea of “work” because I can find those moments of peace when I set my mindset to a certain task. I try to enter the working mindset with positivity and just move on to another subject if I can’t focus on something. Sometimes just staring out the window and deep breathing can dramatically impact my work ethic.
I think the major takeaway for a way to find peace is to just stay still and breathe. Put your focus on something that doesn’t require any sort of thinking and just zone out for a bit. Disassociate yourself with whatever you’re doing and focus on your internal involuntary thoughts (breathing, heartbeat). It can seem so simple yet we always forget to just take a moment to ourselves when we’re caught up in chronic stress.
Peace can be meditation every morning. It can seem so stupid to sit and meditate to look for some peace but sometimes that makes everything better. Whether or not it seems dumb to sit in silence and breathe, your brain will appreciate the nice steady flow of oxygen once in a while. Meditation is a habit that I’ve always wanted to build into my daily routine, but I have never been diligent enough to follow through. Apart from all the benefits it may include, it makes me really happy just being able to have 10 minutes of every morning to myself without any disruptions.
Where I find peace, I usually find gratitude as well. Whenever I zone out during the day, I always feel as if I’m just grateful to be alive in the moment. I think a lot of the time in our hustling and bustling society, we forget to just seize the moment as it happens. There are so many “what ifs” that we ask ourselves everyday and we spend so much time thinking about what could’ve happened or what we would do in the future that we forget to just take in the current moment. I find myself feeling more at ease when I try to focus on the things right in front of me that I am in control of rather than spending tremendous amounts of effort thinking about something I can’t control. Of course this is always easier said than done.
So how do you really incorporate peace into a restless lifestyle? As I get older, I have started to prioritize my general good energy over anything else. In the beginning, I felt guilty about the change in priority as I would sleep earlier without completing assignments or watching a show instead of doing flashcards. It almost seemed as if I was cheating my own consciousness. As I have gotten used to prioritizing my feelings and well being, I can see that I am more efficient whenever I do work. It doesn’t really feel draining anymore when I do the assignments or studying for an exam. I changed my mindset around the idea of “work” because I can find those moments of peace when I set my mindset to a certain task. I try to enter the working mindset with positivity and just move on to another subject if I can’t focus on something. Sometimes just staring out the window and deep breathing can dramatically impact my work ethic.
I think the major takeaway for a way to find peace is to just stay still and breathe. Put your focus on something that doesn’t require any sort of thinking and just zone out for a bit. Disassociate yourself with whatever you’re doing and focus on your internal involuntary thoughts (breathing, heartbeat). It can seem so simple yet we always forget to just take a moment to ourselves when we’re caught up in chronic stress.
Yo Helen, great blog post you have so far! I really liked how you showed that peace can be found in small, everyday moments and how that ties into your mindset and routine. The examples, like watching the trees or sitting in meditation, made the idea of peace feel very real and reachable. My suggestion is to vary sentence structure a bit more, as some ideas repeat in a similar rhythm. Also, I think you could rephrase up some stuff to keep the focus clear and smooth. Overall though, great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Helen, great blog! I really like how you mentioned feeling guilty when you chose to rest over doing work, but that you did it anyway. This is something that I struggle with as well, so I like that you highlighed how, although you feel guilty about it in the moment, it made you more efficient in the end. As for suggestions, I reccomend that you zero in on one area of your life, and how you're trying to incorporate peace into that. For example, you mentioned school. I suggest that you expand on how these techniques of peace, but in the context of your academic life. How have you used mindfulness and other techniques to calm yourself down when you're stressed about school? Great job!
ReplyDeleteHello Helen,
ReplyDeletePeace to each and every one of us can mean a variety of things, of which you covered many of your own in great detail. I enjoyed reading about how the detachment from past regrets of future worries really frees us to take on the present, it's particularly useful in moments of stress. I particularly resonate with how the term "work" shifts from obligatory tasks to personal entertainment, since oftentimes the work is more enjoyable than it seems--it's really just about how you frame it. Overall, I'd suggest that you give a specific example within one or two of the ways you find peace, perhaps how you integrate it into your current lifestyle. Great post!