r/Mindfulness • u/rivamiriya • 3d ago

Photo Clicking my way out of autopilot

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Every time I catch myself living on autopilot, I press a button on this little tally counter strapped to my finger. That click reminds me to come back into the moment and think: I’m here.

We joke that the number on the counter is our “Level of Awareness” — like we’re grinding XP in real life.

Why bother with a clunky counter instead of just remembering? Because the thing is big, awkward, and keeps nagging me to notice it. Plus, seeing the numbers go up is fun — it turns mindfulness into a kind of game.

So yeah, apparently I’m speedrunning enlightenment with a finger gadget.
Has anyone else tried weird hacks like this to stay mindful?

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u/Knitmeapie 3d ago

“Speedrunning enlightenment” is the most absurd phrase I’ve ever heard. Good things take time and you don’t need “weird hacks.”

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u/rivamiriya 3d ago

Why not? I like speed as a way to do things

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u/Month-Character 3d ago

Because speed is anathema to mindfulness. Its about letting go of control, not wrestling it to the ground as fast as possible.

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u/Frolicks 2d ago

Agree. This smells of spiritual materialism, gym bro culture.

Admittedly tho I do think it's pretty cool

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u/franzmaliszt 2d ago

i see your point, yet hard to not reas this as “my mindfulness is better than yours “

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u/Month-Character 1d ago

Sure, but can we agree that there are tenets that must be fairly uniform to keep this from becoming "I mean, whatever makes you feel "mindful" whatever that means." And I don't intend this as a slippery slope argument. They specitically cite "speed" as the reason they are doing this. Do you think that someone who needs to get mindful as fast as possible for it to feel worthwhile is actually accomplishing anything? Or as has already been said, is this about gym bro BS to show your hustle?