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Everything Is Fast
as society accelerates, something shifts. In more and more contexts, patience becomes a form of power. In a world geared for hurry, the capacity to resist the urge to hurry – to allow things to take the time they take – is a way to gain purchase on the world, to do the work that counts, and to derive satisfaction from the doing itself, instead of d
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
Speed and efficiency are the promise of modernity. But speed and efficiency are all destination and no journey. And it is journey that gives life meaning.
How do we reclaim the joy of doing something slow and difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest? If more effort is wasted doing things that don’t matter (doomscrolling for hours) th... See more
How do we reclaim the joy of doing something slow and difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest? If more effort is wasted doing things that don’t matter (doomscrolling for hours) th... See more
Book notes from The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry from John Comer
“If the devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you
busy”distracted #mowWe have an infinite appetite for distractions (Aldous Huxley)
People are too busy to live emotionally healthy, well-adjusted lives
Distinguishing healthy vs unhealthy busy
God didn’t create hurry, it’s Antichrist.
Love
As the world gets faster and faster, we come to believe that our happiness, or our financial survival, depends on our being able to work and move and make things happen at superhuman speed. We grow anxious about not keeping up—so to quell the anxiety, to try to achieve the feeling that our lives are under control, we move faster. But this only gene... See more
