Out of absolute necessity, I became a mindfulness convert about a year ago. Prior to being at the point where I would have tried standing on my head for half an hour a day if someone told me it would have helped, I’d have said something along the lines of, “I don’t have time for that crap,” and carried on working myself further down the pathway to burnout.
I liken starting a regular mindfulness practice to starting dieting, in that it takes a while to really notice the difference that it is making.
In fact, also like dieting, sometimes you don’t notice the gradual changes yourself and all of a sudden people start telling you that they have noticed a change.
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