How to be a good student of life

I thought I'd include this article here from my other blog. It's really useful, about how to be a good student in life, aka how to be a good human or spiritual being:

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http://moderneasternphilosophy.com/how-to-be-a-good-student-of-life/

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Worrying about time during task is a distraction

You'll get nothing done if you over worry about time all the time. Just make a plan and focus on the task instead of distracting yourself with the worries of time.

Watch the mind dispassionately

To be mindful of internal states. 

Yet not being attached to these states 

Nor being repulse to these states,  

But to just dispassionately watch them.

Thinking of being in the present moment is not living in the present moment

The irony is that thinking about the present moment is not living in the present moment. Why? A person is simply trapped in conscious thoughts is not truly aware of the present moment.