Harold lives the epitome of a routine, boring life.
Every morning, he wakes up at exactly the same time. He walks the exact same route, takes the exact same bus, and works the exact same job.
Then, one day, he suddenly starts hearing a female voice narrating his life. It jolts him into awareness, and leads to a bunch of fun moments, because he’s the only one who can hear the voice.
That’s a quick summary of the 2006 movie Stranger Than Fiction.
It’s also a really fun way to kick-start your awareness! (I go into a lot more detail on why awereness rocks in my free e-book 5 Simple Steps to An Awesome Life. Check it out if you haven’t already.)
Awareness on steroids
Simply start narrating your life in your head, while you’re living it, like a movie voice-over.
“Vlad was sitting in his chair, typing up a blog post. He ignored the soft feeling of hunger, set on finishing the blog post today…”
Damn, I didn’t even realize I was hungry before I started thinking that! That’s exactly what I’m talking about!
I could say more, but the technique is pretty self-explanatory. Give it a try, you’ll find it’s fun and surprisingly useful 
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Interesting idea Vlad. I’ll give it a try and see how it turns out.
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Hiya Vlad.
Hows life treating you these days now we’ve finished uni for the year. Sheffield is good.
I thought for a moment with the title of ‘awareness on steroids’ you meant becoming well informed on the hazards of steroids drug taking. But an increased sense of awareness is a cool idea.
@Josh:
Life is awesome! I spend most of my days playing the piano. I also went to the Toastmasters session here on Tuesday, and it was just as awesome (if not more) than every time in the past.
I had fun with your suggestion once I got past the fear that I would be narrating out loud without realizing it. Thanks for the post