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"When it rings, ask yourself if you spent your last hour productively."- the 18 minute ritual that will boost your productivity article in Entrepreneur magazine
For the last two weeks I have been running an experiment with myself. I have downloaded an app called Mindfulness Bell and set it to ring every hour randomly. The interval can be adjusted to more often or less often.
So during the last two weeks every time the mindfulness bell went off I would focus myself on my breathing for one minute. At the end of the minute, I measured my pulse by using my watch. The goal is to get my pulse to be in the low sixties. Ultimately my goal is to have my pulse in the low sixties for one whole day.
Since the bell is to randomly go off, it has gone off at some interesting times such as meetings. I do not acknowledge the bell and quietly start my breathing. Most people around me assume that it is an email alert or simply an alarm. They do not notice the change in my breathing pattern.
My latest addition to this procedure is the idea from the quote above. After the pulse check I ask myself if the last hour wad productive. Did I wisely use the 3600 "presents" that I was given in the last hour? Sometimes the answer is no and that is enough to raise my pulse. I then realize that next hour is an opportunity to be more mindful.
Today's question is:
"Do you pause ever hour to breathe and reflect?"
"When it rings, ask yourself if you spent your last hour productively."- the 18 minute ritual that will boost your productivity article in Entrepreneur magazine
For the last two weeks I have been running an experiment with myself. I have downloaded an app called Mindfulness Bell and set it to ring every hour randomly. The interval can be adjusted to more often or less often.
So during the last two weeks every time the mindfulness bell went off I would focus myself on my breathing for one minute. At the end of the minute, I measured my pulse by using my watch. The goal is to get my pulse to be in the low sixties. Ultimately my goal is to have my pulse in the low sixties for one whole day.
Since the bell is to randomly go off, it has gone off at some interesting times such as meetings. I do not acknowledge the bell and quietly start my breathing. Most people around me assume that it is an email alert or simply an alarm. They do not notice the change in my breathing pattern.
My latest addition to this procedure is the idea from the quote above. After the pulse check I ask myself if the last hour wad productive. Did I wisely use the 3600 "presents" that I was given in the last hour? Sometimes the answer is no and that is enough to raise my pulse. I then realize that next hour is an opportunity to be more mindful.
Today's question is:
"Do you pause ever hour to breathe and reflect?"
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