3 Weeks of Meditation Changed My Awareness More Than My Mind

I expected meditation to create calmness quickly.

Instead, it mostly revealed how distracted and overstimulated my mind already was.

After about 3 weeks of consistent 10–20 minute sessions, the changes feel subtle:

• fewer impulsive reactions
• slightly better focus
• more awareness of distractions
• less mental clutter some days

Meditation hasn’t “stopped” thoughts.

It’s just making them easier to notice before automatically reacting to them.