Really enjoyed this as always. It just made me laugh straight from the off it wasn't going to follow the usual zen like feel meditation.
Clive cracked me up. I'm sure Clive is a recurring thing right? I'm not imaging that right? the fact that it didn't work for ages and that you kept abandoning it and coming back to it - i reckon thats the part most people skip and go straight to the breakthrough.
It also made me laugh because I've tried meditation and mindfulness myself - and quite alot given the success rate - but eventually realised it was probably the last thing I needed — I spend enough time in my own head already. My version of relaxation is absurdly loud thunderstorm sounds right next to my ear (thats true -lol)
Really glad you enjoyed Clive! He has been a recurring star in my head for sometime. If you ever get a chance, he has a whole article devoted to him in the early days. I plan to wheel him out often. (Because he wheels himself out often).
As you'll have no doubt gleaned, I love meditation and mindfulness a tonne (spoiler alert: perhaps too much). I'm glad you are a fan of trying and failing - I totally agree people skip it. Or worse still they just repeat the endpoint over and over again in Delphic ways.
But it's definitely each to their own, and loud thunderstorms next to ear sound like a great alternative!
Wow, this is powerful, I think you’ve just fully resold meditation to me. I love the practical process of how you did it too and then your boom it’s working moment. This is brilliant stuff and I’m looking forward to part 3 so I can get going with my own experiment using your learnings.
What you label mindfulness here, I was taught as intention, of all places, on YouTube, following Shane Farmer @darkhorserowing. He constantly discussed intention as he led the workouts and often stated that the intention found in rowing would bleed into other areas. I’m thrilled to report that it has. Does that mean I don’t lose focus now and again (or often)? Hell no. I’m a naturally distracted person. I feel like the only thing I didn’t have to intentionally focus on was my children. I was a natural a that. Now when I find my mind wandering on the Clives in my life (yes. I have more than one hater) or other intrusive thoughts, I simply reattune my mind to the original intention. Not begrudgingly, but with acceptance. Intention literally saved my life.
Encouraging and intriguing.
Really enjoyed this as always. It just made me laugh straight from the off it wasn't going to follow the usual zen like feel meditation.
Clive cracked me up. I'm sure Clive is a recurring thing right? I'm not imaging that right? the fact that it didn't work for ages and that you kept abandoning it and coming back to it - i reckon thats the part most people skip and go straight to the breakthrough.
It also made me laugh because I've tried meditation and mindfulness myself - and quite alot given the success rate - but eventually realised it was probably the last thing I needed — I spend enough time in my own head already. My version of relaxation is absurdly loud thunderstorm sounds right next to my ear (thats true -lol)
great story telling and writing as always
Thanks again so much for reading!
Really glad you enjoyed Clive! He has been a recurring star in my head for sometime. If you ever get a chance, he has a whole article devoted to him in the early days. I plan to wheel him out often. (Because he wheels himself out often).
As you'll have no doubt gleaned, I love meditation and mindfulness a tonne (spoiler alert: perhaps too much). I'm glad you are a fan of trying and failing - I totally agree people skip it. Or worse still they just repeat the endpoint over and over again in Delphic ways.
But it's definitely each to their own, and loud thunderstorms next to ear sound like a great alternative!
I'll find the Clive article - I'm sure I have read it before -
Wow, this is powerful, I think you’ve just fully resold meditation to me. I love the practical process of how you did it too and then your boom it’s working moment. This is brilliant stuff and I’m looking forward to part 3 so I can get going with my own experiment using your learnings.
Thank you! It took me an embarrassingly long time to get to the Boom!
I really appreciate you saying that. I’m a little obsessed with thinking through the utility of meditation.
Really hope you enjoy part three - a word of warning - it gets a little weird for our hero.
Love a bit of weirdness ☺️
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What you label mindfulness here, I was taught as intention, of all places, on YouTube, following Shane Farmer @darkhorserowing. He constantly discussed intention as he led the workouts and often stated that the intention found in rowing would bleed into other areas. I’m thrilled to report that it has. Does that mean I don’t lose focus now and again (or often)? Hell no. I’m a naturally distracted person. I feel like the only thing I didn’t have to intentionally focus on was my children. I was a natural a that. Now when I find my mind wandering on the Clives in my life (yes. I have more than one hater) or other intrusive thoughts, I simply reattune my mind to the original intention. Not begrudgingly, but with acceptance. Intention literally saved my life.