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To rush is to try to compress time
Again, our predilection for rushing is partly cultural, due to the pressure to be active and productive.
Eckhart Tolle • The Adventure
Slowing down allows you to disconnect from the frenzied pace buzzing around you so you can begin moving at your own pace. The moments we choose to live in fast-forward motion then become a conscious choice rather than an involuntary action.
Doing Things Slowly
Yes, time is precious, but it’s only scarce if you believe it is. In most cases, when you rush or feel pressured because of a deadline, this causes your efficiency to go down, not up, and the results show it.
Hale Dwoskin • The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-being
we speed addicts must crash to earth. We have to give up. You surrender to the reality that things just take the time they take, and that you can’t quiet your anxieties by working faster, because it isn’t within your power to force reality’s pace as much as you feel you need to, and because the faster you go, the faster you’ll feel you need to go.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
How Here are some ways to slow down. I suggest doing just a few of them: don’t rush to slow down! Do a few things more slowly than usual. Leisurely lift the cup to your lips, don’t rush through a meal, let others finish talking before jumping in, or stroll to a meeting instead of racing. Finish one task before moving on to another. A few times a da
... See moreRick Hanson • Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
And it leads to the insight that meaningful productivity often comes not from hurrying things up but from letting them take the time they take, surrendering to what in German has been called Eigenzeit, or the time inherent to a process itself. Perhaps most radically of all, seeing and accepting our limited powers over our time can prompt us to ques
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Even if you are hurrying, which is sometimes necessary, then at least hurry mindfully. Be aware of your breathing, of the need to move fast, and do it with awareness until you don’t have to hurry anymore; then let go and relax intentionally, as best you can, and give yourself time to recover if you need to. If
Jon Kabat-Zinn • Full Catastrophe Living, Revised Edition: How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation
We have to give up. You surrender to the reality that things just take the time they take, and that you can’t quiet your anxieties by working faster, because it isn’t within your power to force reality’s pace as much as you feel you need to, and because the faster you go, the faster you’ll feel you need to go.