meditation

day 1 of giving meditation a shot (again).

i really hope that i don’t give up easily this time. 

if anyone’s got suggestions/tips that can help me form this habit successfully, i’d love to know what helped you when you got started or even if you failed to form the habit the first time and then tried again and succeeded. 🥺💙

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things that helped me:

- no pressure. start small, short lengths, at the time that you think about doing it (more on that on 3). the 'i've got to do it' approach didnt help, so i'd go for it once the thought of meditating popped up
- use the default, 'simpler' guided ones
- try different periods of the day and see what works best. for me, i really started forming the habit when i'd do it when fully awake and before any other activity. would take a shower and go for a session. saw the impact it had towards the rest of my day and decided to continue
- use the sounds' library, even during the day. they help a lot and there are periods I listen to them more than music
- for guided ones, find a voice/instructor that you feel relaxed with. this is very important to me
- take it easy, even if you miss a day or two