Meditation is tough, especially when you’re a high achiever. 

There, I said it. 

I’ve been practicing meditation for almost 20 years and it’s still wickedly hard for me to do.

Between:

1. my busy high achieving brain thinking all the things at once
2. the wild intrusive thoughts from my OCD
3. my generalized anxiety about life, the universe and everything
4. my phone and watch receiving notifications throughout the day
5. our one cat either having the zoomies and making all kinds of noise, or screaming at me because she wants to sleep on my lap
6. our dog bopping his nose into my arm to get some snuggles - or scaring the crap out of me when he sneaks up and licks my face when my eyes are closed
7. all the regular distractions and stressors of life
8. the unrealistic expectations of meditation as portrayed in the media and on social media platforms like Instagram
9. the pressure to meditate for a certain length of time each day at the same time each day. 

Meditation ain’t easy.

That being said, there’s a reason (a number of reasons actually) why I continue to come back to this practice.

I’ve just had to play with it to make it work for me.