10 tips to everyday mindfulness
- Choose a colour and decide to notice that colour as you go about your day. Every time you notice it stop and acknowledge it.
- Sit in your garden, balcony or by the window with a hot drink and observe the sky, clouds, greenery, stars, birds or insects for five minutes.
- Pause at your computer for 30 seconds before diving into work.
- Set yourself boundaries not to check work emails or messages after a certain time every day.
- Practise an attitude of gratitude, reflecting on three things you are grateful for at the end of each day.
- Look for and take a pause to acknowledge the good in other employees/colleagues every day.
- Break out of your routine so you’re not running on autopilot. Try eating something different for breakfast, driving or commuting on a different route or doing a new activity. Spicing things up with something new can bring you back into the present moment.
- Take deep breaths for five minutes before making important decisions.
- Put a reminder to pop up on your computer or phone that asks ‘What mental state am I in?’ at three points of the day so you can be aware of how you are feeling.
- Set up mindfulness ‘triggers’. Take a conscious breath when you walk through a door or before you sit down to a meeting.