You’re a busy teen, so it’s not easy to remember to take a present-moment break, much less find ten minutes to do it.
Hitting the present-moment reset button is an easy way to remember to take a quick present-moment break.
Here’s how to do it.
- On six or eight sticky notes, draw a dime-size circle in the middle of the note.
- Color in the circle so that it looks like a button.
- Now, place a sticky note where you want to reset to the preset moment.
- For example, place one near the light switch in your bedroom and one near the light switch on the front door.
- Place one on the back of your phone, on the cover of your notebook, or on the corner of your desk.
When you want to reset to the present moment, press the button on the sticky note. Then, anchor to your senses: what do you see, what do you hear, what do you feel, what do you taste.
For example, when you hit the present-moment reset button on your desk in class, feel the chair pressed against your back, hear the other people talking, smell the fragrance of the perfume the girl seated next to you is wearing, taste the mint flavor of the toothpaste you used that morning.
