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Mark Manson went from meditating daily for multiple years in his 20s to meditating fewer times than he can count on two hands over the last five years, treating it as a break-glass-in-emergency tool.
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Manson opens up about a personal history that feels unusual for a self-help podcaster: he discovered Buddhism and meditation as a teenager, found it genuinely therapeutic for managing his ADHD-driven impulsivity, and made it a central pillar of his identity through university — attending Buddhist centers, going on retreats, and meditating daily. But somewhere in his 30s, the practice quietly dropped away. He still mentions it in early writing from 2008–2012, but the references thin out as he drifted from daily discipline to a 'break in case of emergency' relationship with the mat. Today he can count his meditation sessions in the past five years on two hands [1] — Mark Manson "Mark's meditation: nearly zero in 5 years: Mark Manson went from meditating daily for multiple years in his 20s to meditating fewer times t…" 06:20 . His co-host Drew Birnie draws the obvious parallel to how some people treat church. The arc sets up a crucial question the episode will return to: when you've internalized mindfulness as a daily cognitive skill, do you still need to formally practice it?
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