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title: Tuning To The Moment
description: When we are overwhelmed, we lose our ability to make sound decisions. Studies have shown that gratitude and mindfulness are some of the best ways to navigate stressful situations.
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# [Tuning To The Moment](https://blog.amexclusive.com/tuning-to-the-moment)

 Written by [Jaclyn Morse](https://blog.amexclusive.com/author/jaclyn-morse) | Apr 23, 2020 4:01:36 PM

If you lead a team, you already have experience navigating through uncertainty. But right now, there is so much more out of our control, leading to increased uncertainty. With increased uncertainty comes a greater potential for overwhelm. And when we are overwhelmed, we lose our ability to make sound decisions – which is key to keeping ourselves and our teams afloat.

So what is one to do?

Studies have shown that [gratitude](https://www.mindful.org/what-the-brain-reveals-about-gratitude) and [mindfulness](https://www.mindful.org/9-ways-mindfulness-reduces-stress/) are some of the best ways to navigate stressful situations. With COVID-19, our minds are being pulled to future thoughts – *How long will this last? Will everyone I know stay healthy? What will happen to the economy? What will my job & those of my colleagues look like when this is over? *While it is essential to think about the future so that we can create a vision to work towards & put contingency plans in place, it is just as important, if not more important, to reign our minds back in to focus on the present moment.

**If you spend too much time in the future, you will get lost in the present**.

To tune myself to the present, I like to take a few moments each day to go outside. When I am outside, I choose to focus on the sound of birds singing, or the wind blowing, or the creek flowing, and practice gratitude for what I have IN THAT MOMENT, which is tangible and true – unlike the unknown future.

It doesn’t matter *what* you do, as long as you choose an action and then focus on one of the physical senses tied to it – the sound of music, the feeling of breathing, the warmth of the sun, the smell of some good food – and then say to yourself what you are grateful for *in that moment*. 

 If you find a way to carve a few mindful moments of gratitude into your day, it will make a difference.

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