Live In the Moment: 25 Ways to Live In the Present

Why Is It Important To Be Present?

According to a 2010 Harvard University study,  we spend about 47% of waking hours thinking about something other than what we’re doing, and this mind-wandering makes us unhappy. We worry about overdue bills while playing with our kids. We obsess over a random comment made by our work colleague when out with friends. Often, we stress over things that never happened! Yet psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert from Harvard University note: “True happiness is to be found by living in the moment.”