Things have been going very well....

Just a random update on how the Meditation has been going. It's been a few months now and I can honestly say this has been of amazing benefit to me.

My patience has increased so much, before I just used to label myself as just incredibly inpatient at times. Now I feel able to take time to think (even if it's a split second) and do things in the correct way.  No more times when I feel frustrated at tasks that seemed to be 'in my way', or feeling like things are against me if they don't go right.

I feel like there's so much more of me that is filled with contentment and peace that it's kind of pushed out some traits that I didn't like so much.

The Meditation has taught me that it's OK to sometimes get pulled towards thoughts that are unuseful, as long as I'm aware of it and can bring myself back in to focus. Thereby realising that those thoughts aren't shaping my mood and personality, spending more of my time concentrating on what I'm doing and freeing the brain up to do what it does best - working things out it's own way without distraction.

Concentration Exercises

Thought I'd look in to concentration exercises over the last few days so have been doing things like counting back from 100, subtracting 3 each time. I think these exercises can be of good value but I think I've been doing them at the wrong times - like out walking the dog or driving for example.

To be effective I think it's best to do those kind of exercises where you have little distraction and can close your eyes and really concentrate on what you're doing.

I'm going to keep doing the mindfulness exercises discussed previously which will keep my awareness in the present moment.