Meditation is so hard
Meditation is the single most beneficial thing for my body and mind I have ever done. When I finish meditating I find I notice more, time moves at a slower rate (simply being more present), and that I just feel better in general.
I have gone to the gym 5 days a week for so many years that it has no effect on my life if I do or don't go. I don't even think of it as productivity, it is more like eating or sleeping. This kinda sucks because I bet it feels good to get into it. I found the hardest thing about starting the gym was the element of observance. I felt like I was constantly being watched at something I am bad at.
Interestingly, what should be the easiest "sport" (I would consider it this), meditation, is the hardest. No one is observing you and your mind and body are under no strain (this is kinda the point) yet it is the hardest thing to do.
By hard, I mean difficult in a different way than other sports. I would compare it to running on the treadmill. When I run on the treadmill it is just so easy to stop that I find myself stopping early half the time. Same with meditation. I have an infinite source of reasons to stop and plenty of time to think of them as I just sit there.
But, I will keep trying I guess.