"We are what we pay attention to."
Since April last year, I have spent a lot of my time trying to learn about spirituality, what makes a human, what matters, what's important to constantly keep in mind and how to be peaceful.
Well, after gathering all of the information from different religions and different spiritual practices, I have realized that practicing spirituality and understanding the most famous spiritual, but also complex book "The Power of now" is really just about how to hyperfocus on only 1 thing at the time. Being responsible and aware in the moment, as well as compassionate, is what brings peace. To achieve that, you don't really need to spin your head around any explanations about who you are, how you are bla bla, it's not necessary to have that knowledge in order to be happy and fulfilled. Though the answer is actually simple so I might as well write it here. By translating the spiritual language, basically who we truly are - our consciousness - is the part that chooses what we're (currently) holding in our RAM. Regardless, ever since I watched the movie Forrest Gump I have agreed with the sentiment "stupid is as stupid does" (:. I mean, you have to admit, Forrest Gump is one very focused person, minding his own business. It's realistic that such person accomplishes a lot. I envy his strength of will and discipline a lot more than someone with a high IQ but with attention scattered all over the place. For me unfortunately, it isn't as easy to keep my attention as sharp as his seems to be at all times.
So for that reason, to help myself, I will commit to building habits and routines, and get used to the schedules to manage to be just as disciplined. In addition I will also be researching and applying tips that will help me in staying attentive and keep me from getting distracted, so that I can also easily commit to occasional important one time things that aren't parts of habits and routines.
At least for me, that's the whole point and the goal. Fulfilment doesn't come from reaching and maintaining comfort for as long as possible, but from having things done and accomplished. Hard truth, but turns out that living is indeed equal to suffering. You choose if you'll suffer from discipline (resisting available comfort), or from facing consequences of not being disciplined. But the good news is, as you get more disciplined, facing the most fundamental challenges becomes easier which gets you to become more content :)) And you do that just by doing the right thing - one thing at the time.