Several years ago, I set a monthly challenge to try to meditate every day. I had tried meditation in the past, but I just couldn’t stick with it. But I was really hopeful that by setting it as my monthly challenge, I could keep it up for a week and maybe start a new regular habit. I don’t know if I really thought I could keep it up every day after the challenge was over, but I knew even if I could do it most days of the week after that first month, I’d be doing better than I was without any meditation.
I was successful in meditating every day during that challenge, and I have been successful in continuing that every day since! I was very lucky that I found an app that I really clicked with when I started my challenge and that I was happily using it so I could just continue after the month was done without having to test out new apps. I think that was just luck because this wasn’t the app that most people use for meditation but it really worked for me. And I’ve been very happy using it ever since then.
I love how it’s become a regular part of my daily routine. I’ve completed a meditation on the app every day for over 2000 days in a row now. This is something I never expected to be possible. I was shocked when I was able to do it for the entire month that I had the challenge. And I have noticed a difference in my mood and how I feel after completing my meditation each day (which I typically do in the mornings now).
But the other day, when I opened the app to do my daily meditation, I saw this alert on the welcome screen.
I’m really sad that the app is shutting down because it has been a regular part of my life for so many years now. And I also have to think about how I want to continue my meditation practice. I know there are so many apps out there, so I might need to start testing them out and seeing which ones I like (and which ones don’t cost me too much). I’m still planning on continuing my meditations in my current app through the last day. I think in a way, I’m holding out hope that maybe they will change their mind and will not close down. And because my daily streak has been going since the day I started, I don’t want to lose my streak!
But if I do have to switch apps or if I decide to do meditation on my own without an app, I know the thousands of days I have done in this first app will still count. Even if a new app starts me off with a 0 day streak, I will remind myself that it’s not a fresh start. It will just be the start of a new phase and I will be building off of the meditation practice I have worked on building for the last several years.
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