Despite the benefits, I hadn’t continued to meditate on my own outside of those office sessions. So I decided to try it out for a month. I set a modest goal to meditate for five minutes, three times per day.

I failed miserably. On average, I’d say I meditated for five minutes only once per day. But I still noticed results. They’re by no means scientific and just my personal experience. However, if I feel that I’ve changed this much from a relatively small dose of meditation, then just imagine what a consistent practice could accomplish.

Here’s how my month of meditation made a mark on my life: