Being present has better connotations. Sometimes being present means stopping and assessing your life. It means engaging with your life in more holistic manner. It can mean planning, reflection, and listening to yourself.

I feel like many people code switch between being recklessly impulsive and intellectually abstract, while never actually living in the now.

These two avoidant behaviors are at the root most people's miseries.

You shouldn't have to fight yourself to do what is best for your future, or suppress your intellect to enjoy the present.