Informal Practice Log – Week 7 What was the situation? What was going on with you What did you notice What did you notice AFTER What process did you use? when you thought to do the WHILE you were doing the you did the process? (body, What did you learn? (Simple Awareness, Mindful Eating, process? (body, mind, process? (body, mind, mind, emotion, action) STOP, “Turning Toward”) emotion) emotion) EXAMPLE I felt frustrated at how long it was I started to pay attention to the I actually continued with the It wasn’t the job itself which was I was cleaning the garage and taking, hurrying just to get one part I was working on: the pile process for a while. I was much frustrating, but my thinking about getting frustrated with how long it through, thinking “I HATE doing of tools in the corner, colors, calmer, only focused on what I was all the other things I had to get was taking and decided to use this – I have so many other things shapes, how it felt to be holding doing at THAT moment. done. Simple Awareness. to do!” the saw handle.
Informal Practice Log – Week 7 What was the situation? What process did you use? (Simple Awareness, Mindful Eating, STOP, “Turning Toward”) What was going on with you when you thought to do the process? (body, mind, emotion) What did you notice WHILE you were doing the process? (body, mind, emotion) What did you notice AFTER you did the process? (body, mind, emotion, action) What did you learn? EXAMPLE I was cleaning the garage and getting frustrated with how long it was taking and decided to use Simple Awareness. I felt frustrated at how long it was taking, hurrying just to get through, thinking “I HATE doing this – I have so many other things to do!” I started to pay attention to the one part I was working on: the pile of tools in the corner, colors, shapes, how it felt to be holding the saw handle. I actually continued with the process for a while. I was much calmer, only focused on what I was doing at THAT moment. It wasn’t the job itself which was frustrating, but my thinking about all the other things I had to get done.
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