I feel lately I have been very absent minded. Not in terms of chores I complete what I start, but regarding conversations my mind seems to wander around and I keep thinking of random stuff and ask the speaker to repeat again. Ex I ask my mom what she made for dinner, and my thoughts just fly elsewhere then I repeat the question again and she seems annoyed like "I just told you I made that for dinner". It happens very often I want to control my mind and learn to live in the moment but somehow it seems impossible for me. Also when I am speaking to someone important like to the GP or when I am on an important phone call my brain feels so foggy and I cannot keep calm. Do books on mindfulness help?. This has been my problem always I guess. When I was younger maybe I was not that absent minded but lately I feel like an idiot with a wandering mind.