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Words For The Weekend Vol.3

There’s no denying the inherent benefits, they’ve been proven over millennia in fact, but as hard as I’ve tried, for coming on 20 years and much to my dismay, I still can not meditate.

The closest I ever got was during the pandemic. I’m not very spiritual so after listening to a podcast with a couple seemingly clear thinking heroes of mine, Jerry Seinfeld and Alec Baldwin, I managed a stretch where I did transcendental meditation for 10 minutes in the morning and in the evening.

That lasted about a month. It did feel like I was getting somewhere but more often than not, on waking I try to get something down on paper or my phone in order to get some kind of creative inertia going. It’s either written or music; a brain dump, that usually results in lyrics that will never see the light of day.

So by the time thats done I have no patience for meditation, I know, that’s the point but still, I need to get on with whatever I’ve started and if I get stuck, I often go running or go to the gym and that often seems to shake something loose.

So I’m back where I started. As much as I’m sure it would have a hugely positive impact on my life and thus my golf game, I am still unable to meditate. Or am I?