Every year I make a birthday resolution - just like a New Year's resolution, except at the start of my personal new year. This year I was so excited about my resolution to meditate everyday. Yep. EVERYDAY. Every night before bed I lay on my floor, turn on my LED candles and let my mind be blank. It is wonderful.

Okay, "letting my mind be blank" makes it sound like it’s super easy. It’s not. It takes practice, but it gets easier quickly, and you can start off just doing five minutes a day and slowly build up to longer time. And fortunately, you will notice benefits quickly. Having experience in the past with meditation, I started with just 10 minutes nightly, and started noticing benefits that first week.