#type/zk/zettel # [[All my time is mine]] Washing the dishes. Doing the laundry. Helping my partner. Days at the office. All that time is mine. I found that weekends where I work on the house with a mindset of enjoyment, are the weekends that I enjoy the most. Every time I move my body, I have an opportunity to be happy. By the end I feel refreshed, but this is not the goal. The next Monday at work, I’m more effective and have more fun, because I’m glad to get back to doing something different again and sitting in my chair, but this is not the goal. The reason I'm writing this is that I tend to forget. When I do, I start to [[Dread|dread]] all kinds of chores that could otherwise have brought me a lot of joy. The goal is to have fun during the weekend. The goal is to be mindful during my time. Cleaning the house, organizing my stuff, they’re not about the end result. Though the end result is definitely also nice and will result in long term happiness (they are positive seeds to water), the process of doing it is enjoying, which is the only thing that really matters: this moment. If I have a habit of enjoying every single step, then I can always take the right action that improves long term overall happiness. Contributing to a right livelihood. When I see the laundry is hanging, I don’t need to delay until later cause I don’t feel like doing it now. I can do it now, cause I’ll be happy to do it now. Not feeling like doing a right action now is [[Mara]]. If you’re really tired and need to rest, then you’ll know the right action is to rest. If you’re just feeling lazy, you’ll know the right action is to do the work and enjoy it. Conclusion: all my time is mine, and there’s always an opportunity to enjoy it. --- Date:: [[2023-07-23|2023-07-23]] Sources:: [[The Miracle of Mindfulness (Thich Nhat Hanh 2016-10-25)]] Continuation:: Branches:: [[Goal orientation and living in the moment - not a contradiction|Goal orientation and living in the moment: not a contradiction]] See also:: Further reading:: > [!comment] [[2024-12-17]] > Reading [[The Miracle of Mindfulness (Thich Nhat Hanh 2016-10-25)]] now, I realize this idea was planted by this book. I had read a piece of it in June at my dad's place. Then I kinda forgot about it, and a month later I came up with this note. I did still somewhat remember this note was inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, but I think the motivation to write this note down came from my observations in daily life. Seems the idea took root in my mind and my subconciousness was working with it in the background.