/r/30daysit

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30-day meditation challenge! A chill place to challenge yourself and improve your practicce. Keep on meditating and best wishes!

This is a subreddit dedicated to daily meditation practice. Typically people promise to meditate every day for a certain period of time (like 30 days) and post their daily meditation times and experiences. Let us know how you found us!

GENERAL GUIDELINES: when we begin, pick a length of time you feel you can commit to every day. Now could be a good time to add, gradually or all at once, minutes to your practice if you have one.

If you're brand new, it's a good idea to start small, maybe 5-10 minutes, and add 5 minutes each week. Don't do too much; don't do too little. You know what's right for you.

POSTING GUIDELINES: by all means, discuss problems, ask questions, and bring up confusions. That said, meditation is an internal experience, and it's somewhat detrimental to your practice to try to describe in words each and every sensation that comes up. So feel free to simply check in with how many minutes you sat for each day.

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February Quiet Sit Thread

Please feel free to use this check-in thread with commenting if there's any reason you don't want to start daily threads for yourself (for example, maybe you can't sit daily, you just want to test out a period of sitting shorter than 30 days, or you just don't want it to pop up for subscribers). I'll still be monitoring this thread but I'll keep personal comments to a minimum unless requested. Best wishes for your practice!

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2025/02/02
17:17 UTC

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Day 1

2x20 min. A bit odd, sleep troubles hit me like a truck and has sidetracked me but then again there was some unusual energy to it.

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2025/02/02
17:15 UTC

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Day 31

2x20 min. This day's was fairly uneventful I believe, in that it was a lot of concentrated effort approached skillfully. Monthly count starting over, regular sits going well again.

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2025/02/02
17:14 UTC

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Day 29+30

2x20 min each day. Nice session yesterday, today's was a bit tired since I was a bit worn down.

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2025/01/31
14:14 UTC

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Day 28

2x20 min. Quite a bit better today with the external distractions.

Edit: Should also be Day 27, a bit better.

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2025/01/29
16:01 UTC

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Day 26

2x20 min. A little distracted today, just couldn't seem to dodge outside annoyances.

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2025/01/27
16:43 UTC

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Day 23-25

2x20 min each day. Regularly sitting again, still having some unusual health issues unfortunately (and it's cutting into other things) but at least my sessions have been stable.

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2025/01/26
11:45 UTC

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Day 22

2x20 min. Had some health and sleep issues (or maybe reverse that) so I've been struggling a little, today's been the most normal by far. I might've also had another day I forgot to note, I'm certain I sat 10 minutes Monday and was planning on sitting later in the day.

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2025/01/23
17:32 UTC

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Day 17

2x20 min. Been doing something so I don't have a lot of time, but I did etch out today's set of sessions thankfully.

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2025/01/19
06:29 UTC

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Day 15

2x20 min. Even earlier, still struggling with some stuff but at least I'm hitting my session goals.

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2025/01/16
12:30 UTC

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Day 14

2x20 min. Got to my session a bit earlier.

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2025/01/15
16:50 UTC

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Day 12+13

2x20 min each day. Going well, trying hard to not let myself get too distracted. Kind of feeling like I'm taking this (brief) relative calm for granted though.

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2025/01/14
16:43 UTC

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Day 10+11

2x20 min each day. A bit distracted the last couple of days but going strong, I'm still not 100% here but really kind of feel like I was missing something.

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2025/01/12
17:25 UTC

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Day 8+9

2x20 min. No lapse yet although I definitely overdid it the other day so I'm glad I sat earlier.

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2025/01/11
07:46 UTC

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Day 7

2x20 min. Late session, had horrible sleep issues last night.

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2025/01/08
18:42 UTC

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Day 6

2x20 min. Had to sit a little early today, kept focus pretty well.

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2025/01/07
15:04 UTC

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Day 4+5

2x20 min each day. Still regular sitting, schedule issues will have to happen (and soon) but that's just normal!

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2025/01/06
18:25 UTC

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Day 3

2x20 min. A little earlier today which was nice, I forgot how easily it is to get overheated though.

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2025/01/04
14:54 UTC

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Day 2

2x30 min. Yesterday I had some legit fears about, what if I forgot how to meditate.

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2025/01/03
17:21 UTC

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January Quiet Sit Thread

Please feel free to use this check-in thread with commenting if there's any reason you don't want to start daily threads for yourself (for example, maybe you can't sit daily, you just want to test out a period of sitting shorter than 30 days, or you just don't want it to pop up for subscribers). I'll still be monitoring this thread but I'll keep personal comments to a minimum unless requested. Best wishes for your practice!

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2025/01/02
17:37 UTC

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Day 1

2x20 min. Sat today, I've went through a lot during the end of the last year (and before that, lots of tragedy in my life this last year and change) but things are quieting down. Here's a link to my last regular post.

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2025/01/02
17:27 UTC

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Day 6

Had a chill day. Sat for 15 mins. Session was pretty chill.

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2024/12/05
09:21 UTC

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Day 5

Had a long day at work. Sat for 15 mins. I had whole body tingling for a brief stretch in the middle. Once it settled, I felt settled. Interesting stuff.

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2024/11/28
01:45 UTC

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Day 4

Had the day off. Sat for 15 mins. Session felt peaceful.

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2024/11/21
20:00 UTC

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Day 3

Chill day. Sat for 15 mins. Session felt ok. Still feel pretty rusty.

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2024/11/11
19:31 UTC

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Day 2

Had the day off. Slept in. Watched my team lose badly in American football. Sat for 15 mins. Session felt solid. Some peace, some restlessness.

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2024/11/10
21:48 UTC

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Day 1

Sat for 15 mins today. Session felt rusty. Very restless.

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2024/11/09
18:33 UTC

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Day 1

I have multiple things on my plate and it's very difficult for me to just sit at one place and get something done.

I'll use this space and challenge to see if there's any difference in the amount of time I can work without being distracted. It's currently less than 5 minutes. Wish me luck 💀

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2024/11/02
17:57 UTC

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Day 30

I have been insanely busy. Too many jobs and too many trips. I'm exhausted. I had to work today but I forced myself to sit at the end of the day. 15 mins. I felt rusty. Had a hard time getting into the flow.

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2024/10/31
19:15 UTC

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Day 20-22

2x20 min each day except one. Been hectic here and I did miss one of the days.

1 Comment
2024/10/23
11:30 UTC

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