It’s Quality over Quantity — not the other way around.

A few weeks ago I received an email from someone inviting me to be a part of an event they are putting together addressing burnout and identity overwhelm.

In the email, they listed a few requirements for speaker participants. Most were standard — helping spread the word about the event, being present for your session and a Q&A, etc. But there was one specification that really bothered me.

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It's about the practice, not quick fixes and band-aid solutions.

We have all done this — start a new habit or skill and then when things aren’t immediately better, we stop and label the concept or practice as unhelpful.

But it’s important to remember that no skill, tool or practice works in isolation. Everything we do, practice, or integrate into our lives is part of a larger infrastructure.

And when the bulk of our life-fabric is coated in shame and self-loathing, panic and anxiety, of course your 5 minutes of meditation isn’t going to do much at all.

Do it anyway.

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