I've been meditating for about 20 years (a few years before that quasi-meditating) and I can tell you it has changed who I am in a good way. I was one of those gifted kids that experienced everything, all the time, all at once. It was overwhelming! When I started to meditate life changed. SLOWLY. Meditation isn't a quick fix.
Here's what worked for me. Yoga & Tai Chi for about 4 years (Tai Chi is described as standing meditation. If you get an actual Eastern instructor). Running was great too. All ways to meditate while moving. No way I could have sat still in the begining. Except for occational meditation tape. Those were nice.
Then some actual sitting meditation for a few years. 5 minutes to start. Up to an hour. Hindu & Buddhist temples have meditations and you don't have to be the faith. You just go and sit in silence.
Then everyday life became an exercise in meditation. Fabulous times:)
Then marriage. Meditation out the window! Start over at the beginning! Back on track. Then child. Meditation out the window! Start over at the beginning! Now, I'm back at my sitting meditation phase. I figure in a few years I'll be up to everyday life as an exercise in meditation again.
It's a process and I love it!
