>just try to be present and experience whatever it is that's happening right now

I feel so conflicted by this.

I was decorating a cake for a birthday and I got 100% in the zone. Like "I became the icing". Probably 30-40 minutes went by and it felt like 5. I'm not sure if I was present, but I did good work and I felt content like nothing else.

But I can't say I was present, I almost don't even remember the thing happening.