Investing In Now
i'm here
i'm home
in the present
~Thich Nhat Hanh
I’ve come to realize that there is only thing that helps not getting stressed out by all the tasks waiting later in the day, or later in life: Trying to fully focusing 100% on the one thing in front of you and cultivating a serious disinterest towards any tasks in the future.
Being completely invested in the very moment — whatever you are doing — is the ultimate challenge and the most powerful and wonderful habit to cultivate.
In researching more about this I recently found a Harvard study from 2010 showed that being fully the moment is (non less than) the secret to true contentment. The study proofed that people who focus on their present moment experience are significantly happier than people whose minds wander away from the now, no matter what activity.
Every layer of this project — be it with small chapters like this, or the upcoming interviews, or the gear — aim to serve as a reminder to be present and cultivate a genuine curiosity towards what is in front of us, right now, in this moment. Because this moment is all we have.
Learning from Lina
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This is a journey following the spatial and social aspects of Brazilian modernist Lina Bo Bardi’s most striking works. Questioning what it means to build for an ever-shifting present moment, Pia Brückner discovers that what makes Bardi’s work last through time is its continued usefulness for the many, not the few.
Massimo Vitali with his wife, Annette Klein, and their son, Otto. This photo is from the New York Times article "Massimo Vitali Moves Into a 14th-Century Church". Photo by Stefano Baroni (more)
Massimo Vitali with his wife, Annette Klein, and their son, Otto. This photo is from the New York Times article "Massimo Vitali Moves Into a 14th-Century Church". Photo by Stefano Baroni (more)
