“Hi, I would be very grateful if you can give me your advice about this.
I’ve read in a book about practicing meditation that when someone doesn’t have much time to meditate due to their stressful life, they should meditate twice as much, as they normally would.
As I have lots and lots of things to handle and very little free time, I feel super stressed very often.
I feel that I’m overthinking very much in my life, causing stress to an extent where I tend to be unhappy. What hurts the most inside is that my energy is going inline with my thoughts affecting the other people in my life. I’m very sensitive to this too, which leads to more thoughts making it not easier for me because I want to be a positive person.
So I recently started to practice meditation, I do 30 minutes per day. But when I practice meditating, my thoughts come up and I start overthinking again. Of course I try to get back to my breath and focus on it again but it doesn’t take long until I’m in a loop of thoughts again.
Is 30 minutes maybe too long for me?
Should I start with less time and try to add more minutes when meditating is becoming better?
Should I just be patient and wait for my practice to improve automatically?
Or maybe I shouldn’t practice meditation at all because I’m training my overthinking by just sitting and trying to stay focused on the breath?
I would love to get a more calm and collected life because I get overwhelmed by my daily problems quite easily. Buy I’m not sure if this is the way that will make it better for me.
Thank you.”
Look at simplifying your life.
Less to manage equals less stress and more free time.
Try meditating daily in a morning for 3 minutes and an evening for 3 minutes rather than a single 30 minutes.
Meditate when you wake up for 3 minutes, this sets you up for a calm day.
Meditate before you sleep for 3 minutes, this helps to get a good night’s sleep.
Do this for a few weeks then gradually increase the time if you feel like you want to.
When meditating allow your thoughts to flow and observe them neutrally.
Allow the unimportant thoughts to flow away.
Pay attention to the important thoughts and address them. Find a solution and resolve them.
By doing this when you meditate you will feel calmer and clearer.
Edwin Leo 