This Week’s Meditation Breakdown:
All of my meditations for this week are from the Calm app
Day 1: Loving-Kindness 15 minute meditation
Before: Anxious, I’ve been riding an anxiety wave for about a week now
After: The anxiety isn’t gone, but this genuinely did help calm me down & my brain isn’t jumping around
Day 2: Calm Light – 15 minutes
Before: Somewhat still anxious
After: Again, anxiety isn’t totally gone, but it’s already feeling much better
Day 3: Calm Light – 15 minutes
Before: Tired, not feeling motivated to meditate today
After: Glad I did it, still tired
Day 4: I forgot!
Oops
Day 5: Deep Sleep Release, 15 minutes
Before: I was having trouble falling asleep
After: I’m honestly not sure. I had fully passed out by the end of this.
Day 6: Calm Light – 15 minutes
Before: I’m feeling pretty good today and looking forward to this meditation!
After: I felt really good & optimistic about life after this
Day 7: Deep Sleep Release, 15 minutes
Before: I did this because I almost forgot to meditate again, but I’d say I felt pretty normal, albeit a bit tired after a long day
After: Again, I was passed out before the meditation ended. So I suppose it did its job?
How the first week went:
I’m trying not to be too hard on myself about this week, because if I’m being honest, I wanted it to be a bit smoother given that it’s my first week.
I forgot about my goal by day 3 and days 5 & 7 I nearly forgot so I pivoted to the sleep meditations.
Not that there’s anything wrong with a sleep meditation, I think they have strong merits, but I do really want to focus on actually meditating during the day as an intentional, separate activity where I can give my brain some time free of the day-to-day chaos we all experience regularly.
I still intend to use the sleep meditations as a backup, but I’ll be setting alarms this week and be better about planning ahead for when I can actually meditate. Hopefully a plan will make me feel a little more at ease about finding time to make this happen!
With Love,
