i like that too. tired, noise-polluted mind reverts to all kinds of easy shortcuts. new neural connections take work to form, it's hard work.  

zapsammy

Do you mean like a present awareness, not dissociated or preoccupied? 

cristaiji

ideasfromtheedge

What does it mean to ‘wake up’?

to be awake for me is to open a book (post, podcast, video) with an open well-rested mind. same goes for interaction with people in the real world - let the experience flow naturally, try not to create mental or physical barriers as long as nothing wrong appears to manifest. when a wrong starts manifesting, then only the awake mind can start correcting the wrong. 