going slow
calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.
Keely Adler and
going slow
“The fast way is the slow way because the slow way is the only way”
– Steven Bartlett
The antidote to burnout and the existential inquiry it brings seems to be doing things that don’t scale in pursuit of things that can’t scale. It becomes exciting not to see what you can do without limits, but to see what you can do with them.
Anu Atluru • Pursuits That Can’t Scale
The Imperfectionist: How to choose sanity now
ckarchive.comin the end, striving toward sanity never works. you have to operate from sanity instead. 💯
A flow state is priceless. It happens when we lose ourselves in the work, simply connecting with the task, without commentary or doubt. When we’re in flow, time slows down, satisfaction rises and we feel fully engaged.
The writer Ted Chiang was once asked in an interview if he ever considered publishing more frequently. Chiang, one of the greatest living fiction writers (the sci-fi film Arrival is based on one of his short stories), has only published two story collections—the first in 2002, and the next in 2019.
Here is how Chiang replied:
“There’s no one who wish... See more
Here is how Chiang replied:
“There’s no one who wish... See more