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62: Stop Living on Autopilot · The Oreaganic Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Hello my friends and welcome back to the organic podcast.
• 0:02
  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is going to be similar to last week's because you know I guys I have to do an Italy recap.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: I have to do a recap of the retreat.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: Like I want to, I have to, I have the intention to.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: I have literally just been so swamped, like so swamped.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: So you know what?
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Today we're honoring capacity and we're just gonna go from there.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Moving on.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode I want to talk about gratitude and presence in transitional seasons of life and how you can focus on the present moment to actually notice what's going on in your life and fully appreciate it instead of just going through life on autopilot.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: So let's get into it.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the organic podcast.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Reagan, mechanical engineer, lifelong athlete, and recovered overachiever, here to empower you to pursue your highest potential and live freely as your happiest, most organic self.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: Every week we'll dive into topics ranging from personal growth, mindset hacks, psychology, and a blend of science and spirituality to give you all the tools you need to stop living on autopilot and start creating a life of freedom, meaning, and fulfillment as your most organic self.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: If you're ready to become the best person, the most mental things and growth.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: My biggest fear is living an entire life where I am on autopilot the whole time.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: Like the idea of just living a life that does not feel like very inspiring to me or like very nourishing, or like I don't know, my biggest fear is having regret years down the line, being like, I wish that I noticed more things.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: I wish that I took the time to be present in my life.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: I wish I took the time to like not just be constantly rushing to the next thing or like not appreciating everything around me and like taking taking a step back and just looking around at just like wow, my life is so beautiful.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: I have so many things that I used to want, or even right now, it's currently fall where I live, so all of the trees are changing colors, and it's so freaking beautiful, it's so gorgeous out.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: Like, fall is probably my second favorite season behind spring, and I have really just been trying to soak in everything lately.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know why, it just feels so different to think about consciously trying to be present and just noticing like how the leaves look every day, like how the trees look different, what colors they are, like actually just observing and actively like being a participant and a conscious like observer of the physical like reality around me rather than just like being so locked in on work and my schedule and like what I have to do next or my chores or like all these things.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: I I could so easily just blow through life without even taking a second to just stop and slow down and recognize like how much beauty and life and abundance is already surrounding me and all of us at all times.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: But the rat race that so many of us get stuck in of just wake up, get ready, go to work, get home, eat dinner, work out, go to bed, like over and over and over and over again, will keep us stuck in this cycle of just being never fully in purpose and aware and like an active participant in our lives.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: We're kind of just reacting to everything that's happening to us rather than choosing to create an experience of life for ourselves that feels fulfilling.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: And I think a massive part of that is choosing to be present with your reality, and all it takes is for you to have an awareness of the fact that like you can be on autopilot mode in the first place and what that looks like for you, and all you have to do then is just decide that that's not what you're going to do, and you are actively going to seek out and put conscious effort into being present with your day-to-day life, like being present in small moments, like it taking an intentional break in the day to just look around or just notice things, literally, just just notice like I don't know, the peace that you feel being at home or the details, like I said, of of the leaves changing color on the trees and just everything outside.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: Like my challenge to you today is just try to just go extra slow through certain parts of your day with the intention of just like noticing so many more small details that you just completely overlook when you're constantly in this state of like go, go, go, go, go.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_00: Because there's so much beauty around us already.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: It's like the same principle of how you already have everything that like you already know, like so much of what we are looking for, we're we're always constantly looking for something outside of ourselves or something new to like come up with a new way of living or a new system, a new habit, uh, a new goal.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: But in reality, a lot of the information that we are seeking outside of us is actually already living within us.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_00: Like when it comes to next steps, you already probably know what you want to do deep down with in like a big transitional season of life.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_00: But then we will constantly seek and outsource and try to find other people to tell us the answers because we don't trust ourselves, and we also don't recognize how much beauty and how much awareness we already have living within us and around us that we just like we don't even we don't even see it, we don't even realize it.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: We look straight over it.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: And I guess the central point of this episode is just to point back to the awareness of that, that there's already so much beauty that surrounds us, there's so much abundance, like in every area of life, and I think particularly in nature, of course, but in every area of life, there's so much that we already have at our hands, at our disposal, no matter what your circumstances are, like you always have control over your mindset.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_00: Wow, I said that really weird, over your mindset, over your perspective, over what you choose to focus on.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: And if you let yourself get caught up in the race of autopilot, where you're constantly just doing, doing, doing, like go, go, go, and you never take a second to slow down, and for lack of a better like phrase, like slow down, smell the roses, like just just take a damn second, realize that the only point to life is to experience being alive.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: Like, obviously, there's way more to the point of life, but like there's no like there's no final goal that you're gonna achieve in terms of like if I work this long for this many years, then this is what it looks like for me to only live a good life, or like more more so focusing the fruits of life based off of the labor that you put into it when it doesn't necessarily work that way.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_00: Like I I really do think that it's way better to choose to just embrace being present in small moments, small everyday moments of your life.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_00: Like that will give you way more of a return on investment of your time and energy than it would for you to just blow past every single thing that's happening in your life in the small details so that you can say, Oh, I'm working towards this goal, I'm working towards making this much money, I'm working towards retirement, I'm working towards whatever.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_00: We focus ourselves so far outside of what's actually important rather than focusing on just the small, mundane, little, beautiful details and abundance that is around us at all times.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know guys.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_00: That's what that's what I have for you today.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_00: I know this is super short, and I feel like things again have been extremely crazy in my work life, and it has just it's been a lot, but I think it is important to always just come back to center with presence, and it's a really powerful reminder to just slow down, take a deep breath, like just notice how much is already existing around you that is full of abundance and peace and happiness and things working out, and even when things feel like they are falling apart or they're unwell, like I promise you, you still how you always, always, always have control over how you choose to react to things and what you choose to focus on.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_00: And those two things can help create a massive difference in your experience of whatever it is that you may be going through for the better.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_00: So if you take one thing away from this, it is to be more present today, notice something that you have not noticed before, and just actively seek out, looking for more details, like the the small things, like I keep saying, keep like a fucking broken record, but the small things that you really just wouldn't notice in your normal day to day unless you're actively taking the time to just sit in the quiet and sit in the peace and just be present with everything and all the beauty that is already around you and within you.
• 9:21
  SPEAKER_00: I really hope this is not so like cheesy and stereotypical because I really do mean like everything that I'm saying here.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_00: Um but with that, I'm just gonna leave this episode here.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_00: So I hope that you guys are all having an incredible day, afternoon, evening, whenever you're listening to this.
• 9:36
  SPEAKER_00: Go be your most organic selves, and I will see you in the next one.