Fixing chairs, living in the moment

In the never ending battle against the destruction of the cheap furniture I purchased to furnish the place, it is already time to repaint. This is not a terrible job but it is tedious and informs me of how much needs to be done and redone. Yesterday I started to paint (I bought 12 new chairs to augment the 150 odd chairs I already have and the new ones need to be painted). I listened to a book on tape, well, on my iPhone really, while I painted. It has speakers. It is a lecture by Echardt Tolle about living a life of inner peace. As far as I could tell this involves not thinking about anything but the here and now. I'm not sure how you plan for dinner and he doesn't address this issue or anything like it, at least I don't think I heard him address it, I have to admit, I did day dream quite a bit during this talk. But the bar manager came walking in while he was talking about Jesus and his crucifixion. (he is not religious, other than being Buddhist but merely refers to it in the lecture) So the bar manager walks in as he's exhorting us to imagine "Jesus Christ crucified on the cross" living in the moment. The manager looked at me but said nothing.