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To rush is to try to compress time
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
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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 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. If you can let those fantasies crumble... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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
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.