My situation was similar in 2014: restaurant job whilst working towards my Bachelor’s in HR. In the summer’s I would do online, community college coursework. I didn’t have a family, major responsibilities, or a challenging job. Later, when I would start to take on more responsibilities, I would be grateful that I used my time this way. This situation allowed me to continue with the relentless noting of my experience. I was too impatient to do sitting meditation, but would note for at least 3 hours of every day. My average was probably closer to 6. Outside of noting, I would do tons of obsessive investigation, trying to combine my insights from Vipassana with the law-of-attraction practices I had learned from the Mental Science tradition. This mode of combining philosophical investigation with the somatic-energetic experience of the Insight Knowledges would serve me well through to reaching Technical 4th Path in late 2015. Although ...
At the intersection of deep meditation, growing up, and mood disorder.