Category: Slow Living
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The Sweet, Simple Things
Laura Ingalls Wilder was still learning, at 50, that the small things are the real ones. Here’s a one-week way to notice them.
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A Faculty for Idleness
Robert Louis Stevenson thought extreme busyness was a sign something was running low. Here’s how to practice a little idleness this week.
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Far More Than He Seeks
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir, Steep Trails (Chapter 9, “Mormon Lilies”) Muir was not selling a productivity hack. He was naming what happens when you leave the desk and let the outdoors rearrange your attention. You go out looking for a view, a stretch of the…
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Stay Quietly in Your Own Room
Blaise Pascal on why so much trouble starts with not being able to sit still at home, and a one-week way to practice a quiet evening in.
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Never Enough Time for Nothing
Bill Watterson on protecting time for nothing, and one small way to schedule empty space this week.
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Have Less to Do
Francine Jay on trading a longer to-do list for a smaller one, and one week of cutting optional drains.
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Decide Which Things Are Worth Doing
“Once you stop believing that you ought somehow to be able to do everything, it becomes easier to decide which things are worth doing.” Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks Most of us carry a quiet fiction that if we just got a little more organized, a little earlier, a little more ruthless with the to-do…
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20 Slow Living Quotes to Slow Down and Savor the Day
20 slow living quotes from Carl Honoré, Pico Iyer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Mary Oliver, and more — short lines to slow down and savor the day.
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Nothing Could Be More Invigorating Than Going Slow
“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow.” Pico Iyer, The Art of Stillness Iyer wrote that after years of airports and deadlines taught him the same lesson from the other direction. Speed feels like power until it starts costing you the parts of the day…
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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.