Slow Living
Thoughts, tips, reflections on living a slower pace life
Slow Living
Boredom is a lost art.
Julie Frantantoni
We have an endless amount of information and games at our fingertips, but it’s rotting our brains.
We need to soak in more idle time. No scrolling, music, podcasts, or audiobooks. Try it, even for a few minutes.
Notice how relaxed and grounded you feel when you simply observe and think?
We really don’t know how to stop and smell the roses anymore.... See more
We need to soak in more idle time. No scrolling, music, podcasts, or audiobooks. Try it, even for a few minutes.
Notice how relaxed and grounded you feel when you simply observe and think?
We really don’t know how to stop and smell the roses anymore.... See more
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“The Void”
An intentional period of time per day that you are scree-free. When you enter the void, you are allowing yourself to be bored, your mind to wander, to enter flow state. It may be uncomfortable at first, but over time, becomes a reprieve. It is therapeutic, cathartic, resetting. You come out of it feeling fresher and more alive.
Books that capture that feeling of simplicity and minimalism:
the lost estate by henri alain-fournier: this novel explores the simplicity and nostalgia of childhood and lost paradise, capturing the essence of minimalistic living through its depiction of a serene and idyllic rural life.
a room with a view by e.m. forster: the story focuses on personal
... See moreFraming Days as a Collection of Hours
If you set aside 1 hour per day to dedicate to a topic of interest, how would your life change? “A day” feels long, lots of time to fill, that often if I know I have a day to do something, I struggle to get around to it. But if I have 1 hour, per day, for a month, to “do the thing”… imagine how much better of a
... See moreNow I’m trying really hard to slow down. Pay complete attention. Lately I’ve internalized there’s something so sacred about focus, rather than constantly deliberating between monitor screens and plans and side hustles. Depth rather than breadth. In a world that is increasingly accelerating — social media eyeballs and immediate gratification and a
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