{"id":6546,"date":"2014-04-03T13:06:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=6546"},"modified":"2022-09-01T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:06:09","slug":"simple-secret-to-meditating-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/simple-secret-to-meditating-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The simple secret to meditating (or doing anything) every day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='et-box et-tick'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><b class=\"takeaway\">Takeaway:<\/b>\nTo meditate (or do anything) every day, shrink the length of a session until you no longer feel a mental resistance to it, and then meditate (or do that thing) for that long.<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"readingtime\">Estimated Reading Time:<\/b>\n1 minute, 8s.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6086259694_a43904efcd_b.jpg\" alt=\"6086259694_a43904efcd_b\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6086259694_a43904efcd_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6086259694_a43904efcd_b-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6086259694_a43904efcd_b-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several months back, my buddy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/jonkrop\">Jon<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Meditation\/comments\/1iayqq\/i_found_a_trick_to_get_myself_to_meditate_every\/\">shared<\/a><\/span> on reddit the simple secret he uses to meditate every single day:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I just shrink the length of the session in my head until I hit a level I don&#8217;t feel resistance to. Like, &#8220;Could I do 15 minutes? No, I feel resistance, I&#8217;m not gonna do it. Okay, what about 10? Still too long, the thought puts me off. Okay, 5? Huh, I don&#8217;t feel resistance to that. I feel like I can sit for 5.&#8221; Boom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, if you feel like meditating for longer, you meditate for longer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This idea is so simple, and I think it&#8217;s also the perfect way to take it easy on yourself as you integrate new habits into your life.<\/strong> Whether you want to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/meditation-guide\/\">meditate<\/a><\/span>, work out, write, or study every day, forming new daily habits it hard.\u00a0I think the more honest you are with yourself as you adopt new habits, the more likely they are to stick, and the less likely you are to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/why-you-procrastinate-10-tactics-to-help-you-stop\/\">procrastinate<\/a><\/span> with them. Sure, there are huge benefits to breaking out of your comfort zone, but I think that\u00a0<strong>b<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">y being aware of how much mental resistance you have to a new habit, and by respecting those limits, you\u2019ll get a lot more accomplished at the end of the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Photo credit: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7941044@N06\/6086259694\"><span style=\"color: #888888; text-decoration: underline;\">Jenny Downing<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To meditate (or do anything) every day, shrink the length of a session until you no longer feel a mental resistance to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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