I halfway done building my meditation habit so let’s take a look at the stats!
Action Plan Progress:
- 37 of 66 consecutive days of meditating for at least 10 minutes a day.
- 546.97 meditation minutes logged (~9 hours).
- Average 15 minutes a day.
- 37 of 66 daily photos taken of my meditation locations.
- 1 of 2 books on meditation read.
- DONE – Connected with 7 of 2 people on meditation.
- DONE – 3 of 2 classes on meditation attended.
- DONE – Experimented with 5 different meditation techniques.
- 5 of 10 weekly blog posts on developing my meditation habit written.
Grade: A+
Lessons Learned:
For the first month of building this habit the photo challenge aspect of my action plan was getting in the way of my practice. I had time to meditate, but finding a space that was visually interesting to meditate in made it harder to achieve my primary goal. I realized this was a problem once I signed up for Headspace.
Headspace has a Foundation Series with 3 levels that are 10 sessions each. They recommend making your practice part of a routine and doing it in the same place at the same time everyday. I didn’t want to abandon my photo journal so I have recently started meditating twice a day. I do my Headspace guided mediation right after I wake up and then I meditate again later in the day in a peaceful space. This way I am working my habit into an existing routine, and increasing my meditative time by practicing more throughout the day.
My meditation practice has improved my ability to focus and the way I deal with stress. When I first started meditating I had a lot of negative-self talk at that beginning of my sits, but that has quieted as I continue to practice. I am very happy with the progress I have made so far, and sincerely hope I can turn this into a lifelong habit.
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