Micro Adjustments, The Twentieth Week of the Second Year in the New Abnormal

I just heard about micro adjustments. I’d never heard the phrase or the concept before. It was introduced as a mindfulness practice to adjust our perspective from getting lost in our thoughts, or external circumstances, to coming back to the present moment. It connotes adjusting our consciousness from distraction to mindful awareness. This may not be a new concept, but it’s new to me.

I love the idea of micro adjustments. They are slight but meaningful. I plan on implementing micro adjustments when listening, or writing, or simply when walking and viewing the city. When I catch myself drifting away lost in a thought loop I can micro adjust to enjoy the moment again.

I tried it this rainy morning while baking banana bread. I was half-way through the recipe when I started looking through the cabinets wondering how many spices and various ingredients I was never going to use. Too many, that’s how many. So, I started to get the foot ladder to make room on the…