“I feel like this is my biggest obstacle.
I’ve been wanting to use my phone less for years, before I even started meditating.
But it’s just too damn easy to grab the thing as it’s always in my pocket or near me all the time.
Whenever I’m actually meditating or doing something similar (reading, drawing, yoga etc) I feel so good, but actually bringing myself off my phone to meditate is so hard.
What are your tricks to help you with this?
Or just in general things that can get me to direct my energy towards meditation?”
Make meditation part of your daily routine.
When meditating is a normal part of your day you automatically meditate without any effort needed, like brushing your teeth or eating breakfast.
Meditate for a short amount of time to help build a daily meditation habit then progress from there.
Try meditating for 3 minutes in the morning after waking up and 3 minutes in the evening before going to sleep.
At these times of the day you won’t be on your phone which means you won’t have to pull yourself away from your phone.
In general, when you pick up your phone ask yourself what you will achieve by using your phone, if the answer is nothing then put the phone away and do something positive instead.
Edwin Leo 