I found switching into an observer mode the most interesting possibility for everyday life, but I can loose it for quite long. When it's a „good day“, I can do it while writing, listening, talking, but only minutes at a time, the relaxation is not deep enough for more (or life's too busy).
Also tried counting breaths from 1 to 10 all day long, there you easily know how distracted you are, but it's quite artificial. But while sitting on my bicycle it works a lot better than observing.
Last option is the Divine. It's similar to „observing“, more playful and crazy to be in this mode, and things can touch me quite at my heart. It's the most free state of the three.
So that's my experience of „improvement in motion“. The less formal, the better it feels, but the easier it is to not use your full potential.
Someone should invent a mobile brain-wave-scanner that gives you an electric shock or something whenever you're getting lost in thoughts, or (more human) whisper a quote of wisdom into your ear

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After writing this, I feel like trying to formally do everyday activities really well ... maybe expecially doing the things that I do absent-mindedly so far.