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Most meditation plans fail on ambition. This asks for a short sit at a fixed time, attaches it to something you already do, and sets no goal about how the sitting is supposed to feel, because that is not something you can practise toward.

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Goal

Sit for ten minutes a day for eight weeks Week 8

No target beyond turning up. How it feels is not something you practise toward.

Make it happen at all Week 3

Attached to something I already do without thinking.

  • Pick the time and the thing it comes afterDo firstDay 2
  • Sit for ten minutes, seven days runningDo firstDay 12

Learn a bit about it Week 8

Enough to stop wondering whether I am doing it wrong.

  • Read or listen to one proper introductionWeek 2
  • Try a second style and keep whichever I will doWeek 6

Routines

  • Sit for ten minutesdaily
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Wandering is the practice

Noticing that you drifted and coming back is the repetition being trained. A session full of wandering is not a wasted one, which is why there is no goal here about how it should feel.\n\nTen minutes is deliberate. Sessions that feel ambitious get skipped entirely rather than shortened.

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Ten minutes, which is long enough to be practice and short enough to survive a bad morning. Sessions that feel ambitious tend to get skipped entirely rather than shortened, which is the outcome worth avoiding.
That is the practice rather than a failure of it. Noticing that you drifted and returning is the repetition being trained, so a session full of wandering is not a wasted one — which is why there is no goal here about how it should feel.
Only that it is the same time, attached to something you already do without thinking. Anchoring it to an existing habit is what carries it through the weeks where motivation does nothing.
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