How to be Zen

Apparently the trick to achieving inner peace despite being buffeted by storms is to acknowledge the offending storm, then ignore it. Because it is impermanent and hence will eventually go away.

So I've been practising acknowledging then ignoring things which disturb my inner peace.

Thus far, I've had mixed results.

Some things can be ignored. They pop up every now and again, and I acknowledge them then put them aside. And it's ok.

But for other things the longer you ignore it the more it grows. Like work. Specifically, my lab meeting presentation due tomorrow. Which is why I'm on blogger procrastinating.