u/GuarnieriZoila_96

I am 51. Started meditating during a difficult stretch at work in 2023. Never managed more than three weeks daily in a row. I have sat maybe 200 times total in that span.

What I have noticed is not that I am calmer. I am still a worrier and I still get pulled around by my emotions.

But there is a small pause now sometimes, between something happening and me reacting to it. It used to be a hair trigger. Now there is occasionally a breath of air in there where I notice what I am about to do before I do it. Not always. Maybe a third of the time. Probably less.

That third has been changing my life in small ways. I thought meditation would make me peaceful. Mostly it just made me a little slower to react

I used to slam coffee together in 90 seconds before work. Pod, splash of milk, gone.

Started grinding beans last month. Boiling the water. Pouring it slow. Same coffee, takes me 6 minutes now, and it tastes like a different drink.

Partly because I'm paying attention, partly because fresh beans are better than I thought.

Anyone else have a thing where slowing it down changed how it tasted to you?