Today brought a new challenge — external conversation. Paul came home for the evening. Although I moved myself to a “remote” part of the house, hearing he and Valerie talk was unavoidable. The challenge was to note the conversation while not mentally inserting myself into it.
It probably goes without saying that the monkey brain is still very present. But again, I think I did a better job detecting it and refocusing on my breath. The dialog is still there, but it was not as active today. I didn’t even try to focus on quelching it though as I was spending most of my energy noting and pushing aside the external conversation.
The time went by much quicker today. Tomorrow, I’ll increase to 15 minutes.
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