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When I'm trying to meditate, my mind often gets distracted and resumes mental chatter until I catch myself doing that and stop.

I used to think of these moments as fuckups that devalue the meditation session, making it worse.

Instead, it's better to think about them as exercises, like reps in the gym. Meditation is a skill of noticing mental noise, stopping it, bringing attention into presence, and holding it here.

View distractions as opportunities to practice this skill.