[sleiben]

As someone who spends most of his working day behind a desk and steering on an artificial screen I find activities at home like gaming, watching tv shows eg. not fulfilling (anymore). At the next day I had always the feeling that work is the only important thing I was doing and when there were some difficulties at work it impacted obviously the whole life.

After trying out different things the last years I’ve sticked with walking/hiking for 2+ hours almost every evening. Important: it has to be in the nature and the most relaxing experience is when I don’t meet any person at all.

During this time I can reflect best on my life. Surely it’s not a meditation but for me a nice technique to find more peace in life.

[thorin]

I think being outside, exercise or having children (only if you want to) would be my best suggestions for living mindfully. Meditation will help as well if you can get into it, if you can't do it alone try a session with others, there are many flavours of groups.