Inspired by a talk we listen to recently, we started each morning to make a mental list of at least three things we are looking forward to enjoy on that particular day.
As it should be the first thing after waking up, it is a bit challenging to introduce this habit. We use a trick: we put a reminder text in a wake up alarm. 
Another trick would be to put a reminder song as a wake up alarm, for example like this one by India Arie. 
Looking for more focus in life I try to be more present during various activities. Lately I found yet another exercise which requires more attention than it usually gets: taking shower
It struck me that the way I take shower is always the same, almost automatic. The result is that my mind is totally unoccupied, so it uses free resources to jump around from one thought to another and it is very difficult to become mindful. Focusing attention becomes a lot easier if I break the routine and change order of soaping my body and later the order I rinse off the soap.
This makes plain taking shower a completely new experience. A mindful experience.
It takes exact the same amount of time and I can learn something about my body, for example how does it feel to feel drops of water on different body parts.
Happy focusing
ratings & reviews Another week passed on practicing speed reading and here are the results.
