Category: Slow Living
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Do Everything at the Right Speed
“The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s about seeking to do everything at the right speed.” Carl Honoré, In Praise of Slow Carl Honoré is not asking you to crawl through your week. He is asking you to stop treating speed like a moral win. Some things deserve hurry. Most…
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How We Spend Our Days Is How We Spend Our Lives
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.” Annie Dillard, The Writing Life That line lands soft and then stays with you. Dillard wasn’t writing a productivity tip. She was naming something most of us feel…
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Nothing Is Harder to Do Than Nothing
Jenny Odell’s line about how hard it is to sit still, and ten unbought minutes this week.
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Leave This Military Hurry and Adopt the Pace of Nature
Emerson’s line about patience, and one hurried loop this week done at walking pace.
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Almost Anything Will Work Again If You Unplug It, Including You
Pico Iyer on the simplest reset: unplug for a few minutes. One small way to live it this week.
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How to Simplify Your Life Without Making It a Personality
Simplifying your life is not a rebrand. You do not need a new wardrobe in oatmeal, a manifesto, or a photo of a single plant. You need fewer open loops. Rooms, calendar, money, and phone. That is the work. Do it in private if you want. The results will show up as quieter Tuesdays, not…