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10 years of practice but I don't feel I achieved much (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/mindfulness@sh.itjust.works
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I have been practicing mindfulness for more than a decade. In university I used it to help me cope with the pressure that I put on myself and since then I continued with variable degrees of rigour.

In my meditation timer app I logged more than 1000 hours of meditation. I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts and reading books on the topic. I'm not regretting any of that. I enjoy the practice for its own sake, but I'm wondering if I should get more serious about it.

Is anyone else in a similar situation? What are your thoughts?

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago

My understanding is that meditation is there for you, but if you don't need or want it at the time, then just leave it on the shelf. Meditation is its own goal, it will not solve your problems. If it makes you feel good and you like how it affects your mental state and decision making, absolutely sounds like something you should consider investing more time into.

If it leaves you feeling unaccomplished and worried about the time you lost, then yeah maybe consider doing it less.

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