Seeing as how so many discussions on here regard personal betterment ("how do I get girls", "how do I into motivation", etc etc), I figured it might be fruitful for us to cut through this myriad of questions and discuss a topic that's at once central to how we live in this world as well as something practical.
Speaking from personal experience, I can say that meditating allows me to get to a point where I don't feel so oppressed by my thoughts and where I'm better in touch with the present... kinda like how I felt when I was a kid and had no stress on my mind and felt myself more adaptive and labile. Shit works guys. I meditate for about 10 minutes a day... Usually before I study or when I just happen to feel my brain is getting out of control. Anyhow, I feel like I'm proselytizing at this point. I'm not sure what your experiences with meditation are, or even whether you've ever thought about it, but I do know that this moment -- where you're sitting there reading what some stranger who you'll never meet and whose life will likely never intersect with yours -- makes up one of many, many moments in your life. And moments are all that exist. This moment is as real as the moment when you'll be on your deathbed, thinking of how your life passed you by so quickly.