Mindfulness Daily Check-in June 30, Saturday
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Hello everyone! welcome to mindfulness daily check-in. 
Today is last day of June. How was the month of June for mindfulness practice?
Did you missed? Skipped?
I did. This month in various moments I did not practiced mindfulness. Apparantely not as much as I was reading and writing on it.
I thought about this and realized I am not alone who did this. Many do not practice mindfulness due to one or other reasons or excuses.
Excuses? Yes!!
Excuses for not practicing mindfulness.
1. "I do not have time."
I know many times I give this excuse to convince myself. I think it is not that I do not have time. I think I do not make time for it.
To practice mindfulness, you not need to assign an hour or two. Just ask yourself- do you have five minutes or ten? Anytime, anywhere. Ready to be mindful. Pause in the moment, take a breath, recognize your body and mental state.
Feeling stressed? Inhale and exhale breath slowly. Feeling better?
2. "You know! I tried. Not worked."
I lost many chess games. I was new and curious to learn it. Losing felt bad and thought "Ugh! I can't win. Why should I play."
I realized when you learning something new. It takes time to get used to of it. An old saying goes like- "Every expert was beginner once."
The more they practiced, better they became. To get better at mindfulness is to practice. Just keep it going and you will get it.
3. "My plate is full." 
You would love to have dessert after food. You might be full. Still, little space is there to taste it.
But you do not need to add anything new in your plate. You just have to be mindful of what you are doing. If you eating ice-cream, be mindful of how it tastes. How you feel after having it.
Pay attention to the thing you are doing right now. Just do this.
Sounds good?
What is your excuse for not practicing mindfulness any day? 
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@ASilentObserver
Hiya baby OPS thank you for this check in
Yes there are so many reasons why we don't get mindfulness in our daily lives. But actually we do. 
You know you have to wash those dirty dishes right? I bet you noticed if that water was to hot or cold? Or you were running outta hot water
You know you gotta mow that lawn right? I bet you smelled that fresh cut grass and noticed it was hot outside
You have to study for school right? I bet you felt that stress of not having enough time to do this fully or you noticed you study alot?
All these things you ARE being and doing mindfulness. Just we don't notice this. A lot of you don't have the time right? Mindfulness doesn't have to be sitting down and noticing your breathing, it can be walking to that bus to school or work and you notice the noise and the weather.
I hope this didn't come off strong to anyone hugs
I wanted to show many of you that you ARE doing mindfulness just not noticing it. I encourage you all to notice these small things and come back here and let us know how it was for you!
Yes I am going to be guilty of using I am busy because I overslept and am embarrassed!
@richyShiny39
HI Shiny good to see you
it is ok to feel what you do, but sleep also is important to make sure you have enough. Mindfulness practices to come in our daily lives. We just have to notice them.
@RumpleSteeleSkin you are very right. Sometimes due to my disability and meeting new people I feel that feeling like I am not ready to tell my health issues to an old friend as they may not understand and take it The wrong way as last. I have lupus so I am often tired a lot of the time. You are very right we all need sleep !
@richyShiny39
aaaww hun I really am thankful of you sharing that here with us all. hugs
Sometimes medical illnesses do take so much out of us that there is no room for nothing. Also never feel you have to do anything when you are not ready- you will know when you are-honest. Focus on you and be mindful of those times when you are feeling good to do little things
hugz
I really didn't practice like I should've. Mostly because I just joined in late June, I guess I just didn't think about it until now. I plan to do better with it in July.
@CookieBears
noms Cookie Bears nom nom
ha sorry Cookies but here cookie bears are like grahan crackers lol. Hey one thing I'd like for you to remember is "Mindfulness Isn't A Chore"! So please don't be hard on yourself. Also you can begin mindfulness whenever you are ready-we will be here for you
@ASilentObserver Hi Obs!
How are you doing today? I hope you are having a lovely weekend so far!
I feel like there is no way that I cannot be mindful as I try to incorporate mindfulness in everything I do to a point where I no longer have to try, so thankfully I do not have any reasons in which I cannot practice it! 

@SaimaK
wootwoot hiya Saima great to see you
WOW that is so great to hear! That is how I am with mindfulness, I am doing it automatically about 90% of the time sometimes I don't realise my brain is jumping in. I am happy that mindfulness now is engraved in you
@RumpleSteeleSkin Hi Rumple!
It is so great to see you too!!!
Yay! I am glad to know that it is also now engraved in me as it is in you!
I hope you are having a lovely weekend! 
