[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":49},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-06/19":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/06/19","stoicism/06/19","Stay Focused On The Present","Meditation for June 19, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Don't let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you. Don't fill your mind with all the bad things that might still happen. Stay focused on the present situation and ask yourself why it's so unbearable and can't be survived.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 8.36","2021-06-19T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","problem solving",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_7449.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":43},"minimark",[26,35,40],[27,28,29,30,34],"p",{},"Getting swept up with the ",[31,32,33],"em",{},"Big Picture"," can become overwhelming when we are trying to plan and problem solve. Marcus\nAurelius reminds us to focus on the present when we start becoming overwhelmed.",[36,37,39],"h3",{"id":38},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,41,42],{},"There is an interesting balance here. We can become too focused on the present such that we lose sight of the forest\nthrough the trees. Finding the balance between both allows us to keep moving forward.",{"title":44,"searchDepth":45,"depth":45,"links":46},"",2,[47],{"id":38,"depth":48,"text":39},3,1793716898568]