Reddit reviews Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
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It's like learning to lift weights for the first time, then after a few weeks you get frustrated because you don't look like a bodybuilder. And the whole time you were rushing and half assed your form.
Progress takes time, especially when dealing with the mind. Constantly chasing short term magic pill fixes will only frustrate you and make long term results take longer.
One complimentary practice to mindfulness that can help is practicing joy. There are books like Joy On Demand that have techniques that would probably help you feel joy and improve mood faster than body scanning. It'll help with mindfulness (not saying you should stop) and like everything else it takes small baby steps over and over.
It also sounds like you don't believe any of this will work for you, and that makes it all the more difficult. Look up growth mindset vs. fixed mindset and see how you may be rationalizing why you can't change.
I had similar situation to you. This book helped me calm and control myself. He’s a former google engineer and used meditation to be happy and control anxiety.
https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Demand-Discovering-Happiness-Within/dp/0062378872