I've been meditating for quite a few number of years. I dedicate 10 minutes in the morning to it.

My issue is that over time, it's like I stop being mindful. I'll still do the practice, but it's like my mind is not in it and I'm just doing things for the sake of ritual. I don't know if it's because when something becomes ritual, you no longer truly engage with it, or if you just stop caring.

I think part of the issue is that mindfulness loses it's value. It becomes a "so what's the point?" kind of deal. Then months later I'll fall down the rabbit hole of hopelessness and I then I have to spend a month clawing my way back only to come back to the same conclusion that I should have just been consistently mindful to begin with.

What works for you to be consistently mindful? What framework do you have in place?

I guess another issue is that I end up discovering flow states with my creativity, so I end up ditching the idea/appeal of mindfulness thinking that flow can carry you forever, which it never does.