5 Ways to Practice Detachment, the Skill That’ll Get You Through the Day
Any day, really
Whenever our elementary school teacher handed out homework, a murmur went through the crowd: “Ugh!” “Oh no!” “Not again!” Inevitably, one kid would shout, “We don’t want to!” and, without fail, she would say: “Then you’ll just have to do it without wanting.”
Part of life is that life sometimes sucks. To accept this and not be swayed by it is a skill you can learn. That skill is called detachment.
Detachment has many benefits, but the biggest one by far is that it’ll get you through any day, no matter how bad that day gets. Even when things look bleak, detachment allows you to go about your day — to go on, and that’s the part that matters.
At its core, detachment is not adding more suffering in imagination to what you endure in reality. It’s not about disconnecting from said reality or ignoring your emotions; the opposite is the case. When you stay in the moment and acknowledge your feelings, it becomes easier to move past whatever that moment brings and however you feel in it.
Here are five ways to practice detachment. I hope they’ll help you get through even the toughest of days.
