I Meditated for 500 Days Straight: Here’s How I Built the Habit

It wasn’t easy to form the habit, but it was totally worth it

Viktor Marchev
ILLUMINATION
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5 min readJan 3, 2022

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A man sitting in a lotus pose meditating. Behind him there’s a light-blue lotus. The background is bright yellow.
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I first heard about mindfulness and meditation during the summer break after my third year of university. I started meditating for 3 minutes a day, guided by the Headspace app. However, I couldn’t really keep a long streak — five days was the longest I…

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Viktor Marchev
ILLUMINATION

I read my own stories out loud. Interested in everything related to psychedelics, mental health, and spirituality. Writer for ILLUMINATION.