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Because this one got long.... I decided to turn it into a podcast episode as well!

(So I guess this is my podcast launch? Haha - yeeeey!!!)

So if you want the podcast/video format - Click here.

And for my readers, let´s begin ❤️

I started meditating when I was 19, which means it’s 10 years since I started meditation – so I thought I’d share.

(It’s also because I’m currently reading The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer, which has made me fall in love with meditation again.)

So, here we go.

Lesson one: You are not your thoughts – you are the one observing them.

I read this in one of Eckhart Tolle’s books when I was 18, but once I started meditating, I could finally confirm – it’s true.

Lesson two: Meditation doesn’t feel calm or peaceful – at all – and that’s the point.

Meditation and stillness provide you a space where all the thoughts and feelings you’ve been avoiding all day show up. Your job is to sit in the discomfort and realize you’ll survive it.

➡️ Which is an incredible skill because if you have goals in life (or just have a life in general), life will put you in uncomfortable and sometimes unbearable situations (like death, breakups, and business failures).

Lesson three: Meditation will teach you impulse control like there is no tomorrow.

Your mind has a habit of controlling you, deciding for you what to focus on. In meditation, you’ll realize how extremely hard your thoughts will work to make you engage with them – whether it’s something you’re stressed about or sad about.

➡️ A perfect opportunity to increase your impulse control.

Lesson four: Meditation will show you how unaware you are of your cognitive habits.

We often think about habits in terms of what we do, but we all have something called “cognitive habits” – your habitual ways of thinking. Often, we ruminate over the same thing again and again.

➡️ In meditation, you’ll catch yourself “thinking about that thing again,” - which is step 1 to change.

Lesson five: Meditation is hardest when you need it the most.

When life has dealt me a thousand things to handle, this is when I most don’t want to meditate – and obviously, also when I need it the most: for clarity, perspective, and to release stress.

➡️ Another great opportunity to build discipline.

Lesson six: Where you meditate matters a lot – nature is the best place.

The absolute best place in the world for me to meditate is on the beach on the Greek island I’m from, Samos. You know how people go to places and get “enlightenment” or transcendental experiences? I’m not sure how to determine whether I’ve had that, but if I’ve ever been close, it’s been the beach on my island.

Lesson seven: “I don’t have time to meditate” is always false.

Whatever you put behind “I don’t have time to ___” is false. The truth is: “I choose not to prioritize ___.” Seriously, people spend 4 hours on their phones each day. “I don’t have time”? My ass. (Sorry, not sorry.)

Lesson eight: You will want to quit – and struggle to see the point of continuing – all the time.

Not gonna lie, just like New Year’s resolutions… people give up. They don’t see immediate results (which I can guarantee – you most definitely will not see immediate results from meditation), so they quit.

➡️ And again: what an incredible opportunity to cultivate resilience, consistency, and discipline.

Lesson nine: Meditation is like marriage – commitment is hard, but worth it.

Meditation will make you face yourself, your patterns, your shortcomings – just like a marriage. But it will also make you stronger, more self-aware, and make dealing with life easier – just like a marriage.

➡️ Commitment is hard, but worth it.

Lesson ten: Commitment is hard, so you need to find your own “why”

Commitment is hard, so you need to make the decision to do it (and have your own why) – and for the love of God, don’t expect it to be peaceful and easy. Facing your own self is the hardest thing you’ll ever do.

❤️ But if you do – imagine who you could become. I think that person is worth fighting (or meditating) for.

Let´s be honest... this is so so long already, so let me with you life updates in bullet points.

• I started a podcast - Link here.

• I´m currently creating an AI bot for my business to qualify and send info about my products, instead of dreadful calls and complicated funnels. (DM me on IG if you´d like to try it out once it´s ready!)

• I´ve started posting tons of free tools for entrepreneurship on IG and LinkedIn.

• I´ll be testing a new co-working space next week.

  And had to share:

• I did a quick update call with a badass entrepreneur and friend (Anahita, founder of SANI) to see how much she’d progressed in her business since our first session – so proud, so happy for her. She’s so driven and reminds me how much can happen with drive and clarity!!! ✨ Link here.
  
  
  /Sara ❤️