Slowing Down
Archive of thoughts on doing things slower. Why we feel rushed and think speed is success. Working a lot doesn’t correlate to success.
work inputs don’t equal success outputs
Slowing Down
But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the... See more
Jasmine Sun • the scenic route
slow down.
#inspire
instagram.comThe feeling and inspiration you will get when moving slowly will help you move faster
don't take the bait
jasmi.newsChill out! dont take the bait of the world and of the machine
What I really think good writing does: It enlivens that part of us that actually believes we are in this world, right now, and that being here somehow matters.
-George Saunders
It allows us to right down what we actually believe in the world. when else do we sit down and express our true beliefs on the world. not just passing thoughts.
Slow, just enough to notice not to much to never gain anything
I didn’t feel comfortable inside the endlessness of it. I am the kind of writer who believes in taking the time I need to come up with something worth saying. I work quickly but I don’t always work - and that’s because the thoughts are in my slow cooker and the timer hasn’t gone off. Once the timer goes off, I know exactly what I will serve on the... See more
Jeanette Winterson • I GUESS IT'S TIME TO COME BACK
This is a perfect example of the type of process we should fall into more than what the world puts us into. the world puts us in pace, run, go go go.
We live in a world scarce of understanding and abundant with information. We complain that we never have any free time yet we seek distraction. If work can’t distract us, we distract ourselves. We crave perpetual stimulation and motion. We’re so busy that our free time comes in 20 second bursts, just long enough for us to read the gist and assume... See more
Farnum Street • In Praise of Slowness
ideas on slowness