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Submitted by: Dr. Adrianne Ahern

We’ve become a culture of multi-taskers: We apply make-up while driving, talk on our cell phones while shopping for groceries, eat breakfast while watching the news. We’ve packed every moment to get the most we can into the minutes we have. But are we really doing ourselves a favor?

Our lives are full of cycles: cycles of the moon, the seasons, sleep, and hunger all things come in cycles. These cycles allow us to live without giving thought to life’s little details, allowing us to focus on accomplishing our goals. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

On average, 90 percent of mental processing is unconscious, and about 95 percent of behavior is the result of a conditioned life cycle. In other words, we do things because we learned to do them in a certain way, and rarely consider whether or not these ways of interacting are helpful

and life-enhancing. We just continue within the program of our lives. This is where the problems can begin.

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Think of driving to work in the morning. You know the route and follow it easily while you plan your workday. You know where to exit without reading the signs. Following the correct route is conditioned, just a cycle in your daily routine. So your mind is free to plan.

But think of that same commute on a day when you are wrestling with a thorny problem at work, or having an argument with your spouse on your cell phone. Are you as safe a driver that day by driving on automatic pilot? Are you as effective in resolving the issues with your work or spouse while navigating traffic? Trying to multi-task in this situation is counter-productive.

Or perhaps one day you are going to the dentist in the morning something different from your daily routine but as soon as you hit the freeway your mind goes on commute autopilot. Your thoughts might be on your plans for the weekend or on an incident at home. The next thing you know, you are zipping past the exit you need to take to get to your destination. Suddenly, you’re on your way to the office.

This happens to us all. We engage a life cycle without realizing it, and the unconscious cycle interrupts our conscious plans and takes us in the wrong direction. Taking the wrong road by taking the road often traveled is a typical example of how our cycling can take control of not only our daily commute, but our life path without our awareness.

So what’s the solution? As individuals, as a society, as a culture, we are all busy. There are 24 hours in a day and we feel that they need to be filled with activities: packing the day from dawn to dusk, from everyday work and chores to walking the dog and meeting up for cocktails. It’s as if there isn’t enough time any more for all we want to do, and every time we glance at the clock more minutes have slipped away.

When you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed because of the time, you’re mind is going into overdrive. An unconscious cycle of conditioned reactions has been activated. This is not the time to try to do several tasks at once doing so will only further overload your system.

Instead, stop, look, and listen: breathe in awareness of yourself in the present moment and connect with your senses. Instead of speeding up into a hectic frenzy, take a nice, deep, relaxing breath and slow down a little. As you sense your breath going in and out through your nose and mouth, you are experiencing a moment of relief from your overactive thinking. You are breaking the cycle, and you are connecting with yourself, body, mind, and spirit. Take on just one of your To Do’s. Maybe stop the car and concentrate on your phone call. Or continue to drive and really focus on the scenery you pass.

You will be surprised how much better you’ll feel. You’ll think more clearly and actually get more done along with the joy of feeling fully present to yourself and the moment.

About the Author: Dr. Adrianne Ahern is a sports performance psychologist and author of Snap Out of it Now! Her innovative tools, including neurofeedback, help people in all walks of life achieve better performance by identifying and overcoming mental obstacles. To learn more, visit

AdrianneAhern.com

. Or, Email adrianne@snapoutofitnow.com.

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