Any tips for sticking with meditation? I'll be able to occasionally get myself to do it but then I kinda forget as sad as that is to say. It's hard to motivate myself to meditate haha. I try to use calm.com because the music + guided voice would help get me into a clearer state of mind.
Hmm.. I wish it was possible to offer practical advice to help you with sticking at it, but every person's motivation is different, which makes it almost impossible I think. In my case, I started out because someone said meditation would help me handle stress better, but it soon delivered such incredibly life-changing benefits that it became absolutely indispensable to my daily routine. At which point I became an addict. :)
I would recommend no music, no voice, no nothing. Zazen is where it's at. It's a specific posture, a specific way to sit, but other than that, it's just calm and quiet and you versus the silence of your mind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen But honestly, whatever works for you. If it's music and a voice, that's fine by me. As I've talked about in the thread insom linked, there's all kinds of sects of buddhism and you would have to find what meditation style works for you. But many come back to pure zazen because it seems to work the best. As for sticking with it, just start small, 15 minutes a day. It's just sitting after all, consider it a productive nap of some sort. I do 30 minutes a day normally, sometimes it's only 20. Depends on the day.