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Joy to the World

I'm so happy!!!!! I just meditated for about 1.25 hours. I've been meaning to do this for nearly 4 months now. I can't believe it. I attribute the success to the "power of now with no excuses". Over the last few months, I've been making very convincing excuses to myself - I'll do it tomorrow - I'll do it after I finish working - I'll do it on the subway...etc...etc.

Wow. Normally, if I will myself to do something, I just do it. I think I can better understand why people put off stuff that are really important. The only moment is now. Tomorrow never happened and is only in your head.

Today sets a very powerful precedent. If any one is reading this, I hope they'll stop reading this and do that one thing that is important to them...now...no excuses...it feels great. So what I've learned or re-learned during the experiment is:

1. Make public commitments, even if its to a few friends
2. Give updates to them frequently
3. Use the Power of Now (no excuses allowed).

The next trick is increasing the meditation time per day.

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