Improving My Meditation

Another week of meditation down, though I don’t have much to add to what I’ve written last week. I feel that I’m improving, but want to try a small changes.

Managing the Monkey Mind

The progress I’ve made comes with getting my mind to settle down when I need to, particularly around bed time. This may be due to most of my meditation practices have been just before bed, one of the changes I want to make.

Adjusting my practice to the morning or mid-day can allow the opportunity to focus in when the day starts to become hectic. In other words, when meditation might be most beneficial. I did try to meditate this morning, and barely made it five minutes before I pulled myself to prepare for work. This ended up becoming idle time, and I ended up being disappointed that I caved.

Meditate More

The other change I want to make is to set a longer timer. Currently, I’ve been shooting for 10 minutes, though some days I haven’t made it that long. One of my excuses is that I really just want to get to sleep as soon as possible. The prior change will prevent that.

I’m going to shoot for 25 minutes every day, and might try to get at least one day of an hour. Spending extended periods of time managing my focus should help me do so outside of meditation, be it at work or doing chores.