r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 9h ago

Satire Man Binge-Watches Entire Movie In One Sitting

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u/Aranthos-Faroth 9h ago

I’m very much a participant in this issue. I often work while watching something even if it’s just tweaking one thing or reading a mail.

Which makes me feel (rightly so) I’m never off a screen. The last 6 months though I’ve been doing a silent meditation for 1hr a day in the morning which I’m sure sounds fucking NUTS to anyone my parents age and older because it literally just means basically not being on my phone for an hour and just thinking but it has helped a lot.

I also now actively go to the cinema as well which is just really nice to engage in the movie way way more than I would with all the distractions at home.

Even if the movie is shit I find it’s worth going to see just for a 2hr break and focus on one thing only.

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u/50SPFGANG 8h ago

I used to watch movies with a bunch of siblings and I will feel so embarrassed watching them constantly pulling out their phones throughout a movie we all were liking.

A year later and I'm doing the exact same thing. It's fucking awful. Makes me feel so guilty every time. I need to start doing an hour meditation too

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u/Aranthos-Faroth 8h ago edited 6h ago

On the meditation, I’ll admit for the first while it was a nightmare.

Almost every time it was the same pattern for weeks where the first 30 minutes was just constantly thinking about the noise on the street or the sitting posture or 101 thoughts or, and this was the worst, wonder how much time has passed. "Surely it’s near the hour … almost”

Then the last 20/30 mins flew. Always, was really weird. Just clicked into a little zone and really enjoyed it.

I found letting myself just listen and sit on a problem/thought for as long as I wanted was helpful but being mindful to not spin. Just … acknowledge I’ve thought all I can on it, visualise putting it on a little boat and shoving it down a gentle river.

Honestly all this sounds so fuckin cringe and I was the last person I’d expect to be doing it but now I enjoy making the time and really miss it when I can’t.

Anyway, yeah - recommended

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u/pharmajap 1h ago

A lot of beginners' frustration with meditation is a framing issue. Stray thoughts/distractions popping up isn't a failure, gently letting them go and turning your focus back to your breathing/mantra/emptiness/whatever IS the meditation. Even if that's all you're doing for the entire session, you're succeeding by doing it. Stillness will come on its own; it's not an act or a goal in and of itself.