Habit: 60 by 60 (60 Days of 60 Minute Meditation)

I'm doing this famous challenge called 60 by 60. It was coined by Naval Ravikant, but i'm sure it had been a thing before he mentioned it. It stands for 60 days, 60 minutes of meditation.

I was big into meditation pre-covid and fell off the mark during and post covid. I think its because of the stress and anxiety that the time brought me. I almost felt like I had to rush through my life more because of lost time, therefore meditation seemed like a waste of time and I stopped doing it.

Through building my startup, eComjobs, and dealing with all other things in life I wanted to return to this practice but in this manner, I wanted to dive deep into it. As such, I took on the habit of 60 days, 60 minutes of meditation. I'm on day 25.

What's easier than I thought is the length of time. Once you get past 10-20 minutes (i'm not sure if thats the actual length of time, considering i'm meditating during) then it really becomes super peaceful. This place you go to feels home-like. It's extremely calming. Prior to the 10-20 minutes its absolute chaos, but after it feels like everything settles. Like a nice, day-time nap that you are somehow semi-conscious throughout.

Whats harder than I thought is life outside of it. When you do meditation for an hour a day, everything outside of life is seen more clearly. Things become like clouds in the sky, just passing by. But in running a startup and being an independent entrepreneur, you've got a lot of stress and necessities that life throws at you. And you need to answer them. Especially for me & just starting out, meditation calms me yet life does quite the opposite. I'd like to find a way to marry the two, but so far I have not.

The biggest benefit I have is that I feel more disciplined, but not in the traditional sense. I feel like I have more bandwidth from my mind to my body when it comes to making decisions. Like I have more control, and its easier to say no. My decision making is a lot more crisp. I'm able to think alot more succinctly.

Will report back on day 60, if anyone cares :) But so far, so good!

Thanks Marc. This has been true all across the board for a lot of job board builders i've talked too.

@marc & @levelsio I know you both are the busiest men in the world, but i'm going to tag you just in case you happen to have 5 minutes whilst drinking your daily coffee to answer this. If not, I totally understand.