[mlangenberg]

Personally, I find meditating on a daily basis for longer periods (months), the most difficult.

Whenever I go through a "down" phase in life, I start meditating and observe it being really beneficial, but the routine quickly starts to bore me.

When I feel good and energized, I jump out of bed, enjoy a day at work and fill the evening with stuff I enjoy.

I totally forget to meditate and (digital) reminders are easily dismissed.

(It doesn't help that I'm an evening person, so most of the time I tried to do as less as possible in the morning in order to arrive at a "normal" time at work)

How do other people cope with this?

[emanuensis]

Same for me. Though i am very "advanced" having been a yogi for over 50 years. What really helped me was meditating hourly, on chimes. i have found the practice mentioned a few times, eg Thich Nat Han recommends. Content wise, length wise etc etc there are many variations. Pick one. Maybe graduate to another. Or out, or on infinite repeat. Taking control of yourself, at all times, even when not "meditating" is to be awake.

[Obi_Juan_Kenobi]

What are your meditation goals?

Some people treat it as a chance to sit and relax, perhaps process a bit of mental backlog, and generally 'open up'.

Others treat meditation as a disciplined and very deliberate form of mental training. This is a process that takes years and thousands of hours to achieve a degree of mastery, such as attaining single-pointed attention, jhana absorbtions, etc.

The latter is not easy, but it is also not boring.

[MrBuddyCasino]

Same for me. Keeping up the routine is very hard.