How do you sustain mindfulness throughout your day?

"Mindfulness" is a made up word by people trying to sell you things (self-help for starters, but tons of other shit besides, like special diets, focus booster pills, retreats, and so on).

Well, if not totally made up, surely proped up from insignificance to a marketing term. In any case, don't give it much thought.

The reality is you will have focus and will some days, be uninspired, slouchly, and under the weather on others. Same goes for the hours of each day.

Now, to improve your general power levels:

- eat well (don't gorge, mostly vegetables),

- sleep roughly 8 hours each day,

- hydrate, and

- exercize

- permit yourself to be lazy when you don't feel like it.

Try also to multitask less, and don't spend time on social media and binge Netflix/Youtube/etc. And check your health from time to time.

If you do those things well enough (no need to go anywhere near pro, or track your progress, or whatever, common logic is enough), you'll do great.

Note that none of those things will work wonders if you totally hate your job - or the people in it. Quit and get another, if that's the case (we're talking suffering though, not some mere dislike for some idiot boss or some project - this happens to all jobs).

Oh, and when you need an extra boost, some coffee/tea will also work wonders.

Set alarms periodically to remind you. Also Meditation practice helps sustain the moments of mindfulness longer before drifting back into ego identification and thought. Journal in the evening and or morning. That by your definition let’s you be mindful of all that you mentioned albeit in a more distant time than what we consider the present.

Our life is full of noise, which is why it is so important to remain mindful and be really happy(https://ivypanda.com/essays/mindfulness-as-a-practice-in-the...). Mindful breathing and thought filtering are the best exercises to return to the present moment.

I ask myself a question randomly throughout the day, any one of these or similar:

Am I aware right now? What is the mind aware of? What do I notice? Is there awareness? Am I craving something? Do I have any aversion?

The act of asking any one of these types of questions naturally brings me back to an awareness of right now.

Being mindful all the time is tasking, exhausting and depressing. So much sh*t you have zero control over.

I prefer being in the zone instead - mindfulness, for me, is best done periodically as part of reflection of sort.

Try to do 5 breath in/out - start occasionally and reduce this interval. When you breath in/out you need feel you 'got' that breath fully.

Maybe try to meditate once during the workday?

The Headspace app is a good aid.

whenever you transition from one activity to another, be aware of what you are doing in exactly this moment. that’s it.