The other day I have confessed my failure to create a habit of mediation. I don’t imagine I’m alone in this struggle. I also know that many have successful.
I don’t expect there is a magic secret. Everyone is different. Every life is different. I do wonder what are the small little things that might take one over the hump.
I cannot tell how many times I have tried getting into mediation. I lost count. There have been times when I’ve been practicing for months. Then stopped.
I feel that I’m facing three challenges while attempting to get into meditation. First, I need to use my will power to start. I couldn’t find any natural trigger to attach meditation to.
Second, meditating in the evening usually means having to interrupt myself from a relaxing activity. After I finish work at night, I tend to read to relax before going to bed. Or watch an episode of a TV show. This sounds like an ideal time for meditation. But only theoretically.
Yesterday I have installed iTerm2. The main reason might sound a bit strange though.
The idea was seeded in my mind a few days ago, when after a long time switching between different terminal file navigators, I decided to remove all but one from my system.
“What terminal file managers?” you may ask. I had quite a few installed over time:
ranger was the first file manager/navigator I’ve learned about; it’s been a long while since. ranger was also the one that I used the longest contiguously.