going slow
calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.
Keely Adler and
going slow
Joseph Heller wrote Catch 22 in the evenings after work - it took him eight years spending 2-3 hours each night.
source: Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
800 page novels, 3.5 hour blockbuster movies, 4+ hour podcasts… Not to mention homesteading social media accounts with millions (and millions) of followers, slow food journaling version 2.4 promoting sourdough bread-making, old-school pickling and marmalade making — what’s going on?
Are we experiencing a new and evolved slow revolution? Is this the... See more
Are we experiencing a new and evolved slow revolution? Is this the... See more
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.
Sigrid Nunez on Paris Review
I run slowly, I always have. I run for pleasure, even though I don’t like it. I run because it’s an easy way to get exercise with little time and no equipment. I run because it’s efficient, but I do it slowly, and I do it for fun, but I don’t like it. Sometimes people make no sense.
My problem is: when someone passes me, I always feel beaten. Even... See more
My problem is: when someone passes me, I always feel beaten. Even... See more
Rachel Katz • The Dancing Tortoise
My countervailing advice to people trying to understand something is: go slow. Read slowly, think slowly, really spend time pondering the thing. Start by thinking about the question yourself before reading a bunch of stuff about it. A week or a month of continuous pondering about a question will get you surprisingly far.
nabeelqu.co • Nabeelqu
"the gradual + slow build of something beautiful and substantial interests me more than suddenly giving into what feels convenient or pleasurable in one slice of a moment in time" https://t.co/SyooBOYZ4p
Developing an intuition for when to move fast and when to move slow is harder than it seems. I often get it completely wrong.