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I love taking a siesta, but I don't often have chance to do it. Definitely something to consider for the new year!
We are living in an age of distraction that feeds (allows us) to attend to the lower sides of our existence and prevents us from being "present". I have read that 60000 thoughts go through our brains everyday. Most of them are a waste of energy. With regards to mind drifting in conversations, one of the things I do is approach the dialogue with an attitude of looking for a question to ask rather than waiting to talk