We spend so little time in the present moment that it's anything but ordinary.

The line reframes “the ordinary” as a byproduct of inattention rather than an inherent quality of life. Puddicombe’s point aligns with mindfulness practice: because the mind is frequently absorbed in memory, planning, and distraction, direct experience of the present is comparatively rare. When attention is restored to immediate sensations and perceptions, familiar routines can feel vivid and newly textured—“anything but ordinary.” The quote also implies a gentle critique of modern busyness: the more we live in mental time-travel, the more we miss the richness available in what is happening now.