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Hey brother,

What a day it has been!

I’ve been so present that it feels like a longer one, and I remember while I was out on my way to the supermarket I was thinking “Hey, I still have the group call tonight”

you know what I mean?

When the day is filled with so many experiences that you almost forget the exciting stuff that is coming up.

And that’s pretty much the point of todays story - being present. 

You want to have sex, maybe you want a girlfriend, and all those things are cool.

The same way you want to finish that bug you’re programming on, or finishing the exercise so you can go home and eat.

All these things are great

when what Eckhart Tolle (great guy btw) calls “The doing becomes a means itself”

which means that you are actually being present with the thing, and not thinking about the outcome.

That means approaching the girl with an intention of having sex, but while you are talking with her, you are totally detached from it.

That’s when everything becomes easier.

Because when you’re no longer chasing something, you become interested in what is happening here and now… and what happens when you are interested?

You become interesting

This is something I learned from the book How to Win Friends and Influence People

You will gain more friends in one week by being interested in other people than in 3 months trying to get other people to be interested in you.

It’s something I’m aspiring to become better at, and it all starts with

Being present

I’ll be with you tomorrow,

Edin