Standing at the kitchen counter in our Airbnb during a group trip, someone asked me about my meditation habit. I tried to tell her the most important parts: One day in 2019, I listened to an interview with Naval Ravikant, and in that interview, I just finally “got it.” Meditation is just sitting in silence, no tools or tricks needed. I did it for an hour a day for the first month or so. Then, I’ve been doing 10-15 minutes every day ever since.
The 15 minutes is not enough to get to that state where your brain runs out of thoughts, but it’s enough to maintain your power to observe your thoughts and not merely follow each one to its end. All in all, meditation is probably my best and most important habit, and I wish I’d started with that one first way back in 2012, when I actively started working on myself.
She was interested. She asked more questions. I tried to answer as best as I could. But did I ask her enough questions? Why was she interested in meditation? What was the story? What had she tried, and what had and hadn’t worked for her? I learned some of the answers but not all of them.
I love sharing, educating, inspiring people to try new habits, new ideas, and live more in line with who they really want to be. But I’m not master in getting my point across. Like so many things in life, it’s an ongoing conversation—of me with myself, and of the people I want to support with me.
Never stop asking questions. To others, but also about how you do what you do.
