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Why is it so difficult for us to simply be in the present? We’re forward focused, fretting, worrying, planning for worst-case scenarios that never occur, and dreaming up unimaginable horrors that thrust us into a frenzy. Frantic and obsessive, we do the unnecessary to repel the catastrophic. In the process, we deplete our mental reserves and time that could have been used more productively elsewhere. Turn the page…