I think this is good advice since many of us spend a large chunk of our lives at work.
More generally, just try to be present and experience whatever it is that's happening right now. Always living for the future is a good way to waste a life.
>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.
Perhaps that's because your memory is based on recalling what you were thinking about when you did something? If you "became the icing" then you probably weren't lost in thought, talking to yourself like "I should create a budget, I wonder what my spouse is making for dinner, I need to take out the trash, ..."
More generally, just try to be present and experience whatever it is that's happening right now. Always living for the future is a good way to waste a life.