Evan Pritchard, author of No Word for Time: The Way of the Algonquin People, observes that watching the clock with its relentless movement into the future can keep people from sinking into the present moment. He suggests these exercises. For one day, don't look at a clock or watch. Do every task for as long as it takes for you to feel intuitively that it is finished.

Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat in Spiritual Rx: Prescriptions for Living a Meaningful Life