Prayer is the eternal activity of the soul. The soul is always connected with God, and prayer is a way to strengthen and develop this connection. To feel the result of prayer practice, you need to understand how to pray properly.
The best prayer is morning
It is very important. Of course, there are no time restrictions for prayer, but the best time is in the morning. If we really want to feel the answer from God, his presence in our lives, we need to prove our desire to him. It is proved very simply: we determined the time during which we will repeat the holy names daily. For example, two hours. And we do it at a time, in the morning, without stretching this time for the whole day. This will help to immerse yourself in prayer more than repeating several minutes throughout the day. And most importantly, the Lord will be pleased if he sees that for his sake we are making such efforts, and will answer us.
Also in the morning, time itself helps to immerse in prayer: before sunrise and some time after it, goodness is poured into the air. This is a special time when the mind is still not very restless and more easily immersed in prayer. If you start chanting the holy names only in the morning for 1.5-2 hours, you can see how much your inner state and your whole life will change.
You need to find something that helps you personally.
What can help prayer practice? Reading scriptures and narratives about the lives of saints, listening to a holy person, spiritual music, communication with devotees of God in your spiritual tradition. These are all ways to spark the desire to engage in spiritual practice. Indeed, only in contact with God, feeling a connection with Him, receiving fellowship (in various forms) from holy people, we can understand the meaning of our life.
There is one effective way to further increase inspiration along the way. Celebrate what inspires you the most! And start doing it all the time. It seems too simple, but it is undoubtedly the best rule for enthusiasm in spiritual life. Accept that which is auspicious. If you like certain lectures and your prayer becomes better and more attentive, listen to them! Like and inspires reading before bedtime about the life of a holy man - read! Everyone going this way should have a few things that are very inspiring. After which prayer gets better, spiritual emotions and awareness come. And by focusing on these things, we will help ourselves always to have a taste for spiritual practice.
It is also worth avoiding things that interfere with the practice of prayer. It is necessary in the same way to track actions that adversely affect prayer, and try to avoid them. Maybe this is a bad conversation, after which a critical mood towards others, maybe this is a late dinner. Each person can track what helps and what prevents him. Using this, he will greatly help himself to develop a connection with God through prayer and will make his life perfect in all respects.