COMMENT
Have you tried thinking less? How long do you think you could keep Covid-19 out of your mind?
If you want to forget about the virus for a bit, try this. Close your eyes and concentrate on nothing but your breathing. Concentrate on your full inhale and then your full exhale. From the instant you first feel the air on your nostrils or lips to the moment it finishes going out. Notice everything you can about the breath. Focus on your breath in and out 10 times. Nothing but the breath. After 10 ins and 10 outs open your eyes. How good is a little break from this stupid bloody situation we find ourselves in?
I've been running a no-vid-19 in recent days. It is hard. It cost me about $200 on my Radio Hauraki show. I'm personally paying out $20 to the first caller through whenever I mention the virus. Turns out shutting up about the situation for a stretch of time is tough. But little mental breaks are doable.
Even a split second here and there. Just taking a moment to concentrate fully on turning a door handle, sipping a drink or petting your dog. Colin, now there is a guy who hasn't been thinking about things too much. He's so happy at the moment. So stoked his pack is home all day. Dogs really live in the moment. Whatever is going on they are present. You just have to jump up and down in front of them and say their name and they are ready to party. No matter what they were doing. Maybe we need to get more dog-like. Not so much the barking at strangers and butt-sniffing. Just the living in the moment.