things i notice when i'm not rushing
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things i notice when i'm not rushing
The Power of Slow Disconnection in a World That Moves Too Fast
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I learned something ostensibly vapid yet incredibly valuable from Nassim Taleb: don’t be in a rush. Resist running to be on schedule. This is an open invitation to slow living. Once you refuse to be in a rush, you will feel “the true elegance and aesthetics in behavior, a sense of being in control of your time, schedule, and life.”
Vizi Andrei • The Sovereign Artist
Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living... See more
Maria Popova • 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
For most of my life I wanted things to go faster. Last week, I realized that now I want things to slow down. That change seems meaningful. I don’t know what’s catalyzed it—getting older, probably. Feeling that I’m finally headed in the right direction. Mindfulness? Whatever it is, I’ve noticed that the present seems more bearable.