Sorry for my delayed response. curun1r's reply is also pretty good but my two-cents: I wanted to see how focused my mind could get so that's why I did Vipassan

Sorry for my delayed response. curun1r's reply is also pretty good but my two-cents: I wanted to see how focused my mind could get so that's why I did Vipassana. The improvement was noticeable but I'm not such a scatter-brain normally that the benefit is worth 2 hrs/day investment. There are other benefits beyond focus, such as calmness of mind, and likely a higher happiness baseline from realizing you need little to be at peace. I'm fortunate to not have mental health issues and an amazing family so again the benefits to me were not as profound. I do hope to take it up again, but likely after retirement, or (heaven forbid) there's a dramatic event in my life that increases the value of this technique.