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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is to go off

autopilot. By nudging ourselves out of mindlessness, we can be more mindful and hopefully happier.

Today's tip, like a few this week, comes from Melissa Stegenus's book, Everyday Mindfulness.

This book features over a hundred ideas for introducing mindfulness into daily life. Number 47 is attend to autopilot.

Melissa writes, like most people, you probably spend a lot of time doing things on autopilot,

washing the dishes, commuting to work, cleaning,

running errands, and so on.

But she says, there is much to be gained by being present, that is, paying attention, during

your everyday tasks and routines.

Everything you do can be an opportunity to cultivate mindfulness and gratitude.

Now of course there's a reason our brains go on autopilot sometimes.

We do many things routinely, and our brains can't be firing 24-7.

Going on autopilot frees up our brains to daydream, to process things that have happened, or just to relax. That said, too much

autopilot makes life seem to disappear. Our most memorable times, when time seems to slow down, are when we are paying close attention to everything that's going on.

Think about a vacation somewhere exotic.

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