"There are more important things in life than building up the pace."
Mahatma Gandhi
One day, like many others, I felt that for some time now my life has been like a race - endless, meaningless and merciless. My every day begins with a feverish "do it all!" and ends with a disappointed "how little I have time again ..." Do you notice how inexorably the pace of life has accelerated in recent years? And it becomes more and more difficult not to succumb to the general trend. It has become fashionable to work for wear and tear, sometimes at two or even three jobs, 12 or more hours a day, pump yourself up with coffee instead of sleep, and relieve stress with cigarettes or alcohol. The label of something shameful, undignified is more and more hung on the rest, people proudly declare that they "have no time to rest."
Why are we doing this?
We are driven by fear. Fear of the finiteness of one's own existence. Fear of living life in vain, having achieved nothing. Fear of being worse than others. Fear of causing condemnation of society, living not as it is accepted in it.
Cause and effect
British psychologist Guy Claxton believes that haste has become a habit for us: "There has been an internal psychology of haste, minimum time, maximum efficiency, and every day this need is stronger and stronger." In 1982, the American physician Larry Dossey coined the term "time neurosis" - a painful condition in which it always seems that "time is running out, it is not enough, you need to press the pedals harder to keep up." In Japan, there is even a special term for death from overwork - "karoshi".
Until quite recently, such an oversaturated life was simply not possible. There were no social networks, no just the Internet, no mobile phones - not everyone even had a home! All these latest inventions allow you to instantly receive and transmit a huge amount of information and maintain contact with hundreds of people at once. Exactly allow, not forced. However, a few unread messages or unanswered calls for many people turn into almost a tragedy of universal proportions. In addition to work, housework, sports, you still need to have time to read all the news feeds on social networks, answer everyone and comment on everything. And time flies, and so you want to be in time for everything ...
But no matter how hard we try, there were, are and will be 24 hours in a day. Trying to fit as many things into them as possible, we only sacrifice quality for the sake of quantity, we put "ticks" instead of calmly enjoying the process. Someone chokes on fast food on the run, instead of sitting down and eating in peace. Someone in the same way swallows books one after another, not noticing that their eyes ran through millions of lines, and practically nothing settled in their thoughts or soul. Someone daily "licks" the apartment to a shine, and then has neither the time nor the strength to enjoy the cleanliness.
Some really manage to catch a very, very much. But you have to pay for everything. Someone sacrifices rest and peace - and ten years later ends up in the department of neuroses. And if it doesn’t turn out, then he feels chronic fatigue and regularly takes out his anger on his family. Someone sacrifices communication with relatives - and then cannot understand how she and her husband became strangers and why the children were so distant. Someone brings health to the altar of success and already by the age of forty-five feels like a ruin.
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Slow life as the art of living in harmony with oneself
However, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo, many are tired of life-race. This is how the slow life movement, which is gaining more and more popularity, was born, calling to reconsider one's attitude to life, stop the endless race for speed and quantity and think instead of quality - the quality of one's life.
Literally translated from English "slow life" - "slow life". However, this is not about dragging through life at a snail's pace, striving for nothing and achieving nothing. On the contrary, the philosophy of the movement is precisely to make life more intense and fulfilling through a thoughtful attitude to one's actions and awareness. Understand and accept that getting pleasure from the process is sometimes no less important than achieving results.
Instead of the rhythm of life imposed from the outside, you can choose your own, comfortable one, and without trying to do everything at once, achieve quite decent results - only all this will also be a joy. "Doing things as well as possible, not as fast as possible", offers the writer and journalist Carl Honore in his book "No fuss. How to stop rushing and start living."
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You need to at least sometimes ask yourself a very important question: "What do I want right now? In fact, and not because I think: is it necessary?" And then just do it. Not in a hurry, in order to return to the planned business as soon as possible, but calmly and with joy.
The goal of the slow life movement, first of all, is to achieve inner harmony. Only in this state can life be truly fulfilled. Where there is no harmony, anxiety, fears, depression appear. And actively prevent us from living.
Live "here and now", encourages the movement. Do not try to plan everything and always, leave room for spontaneity. After all, too often something goes wrong and plans change, and this, in turn, leads to stress. Plan only what is really important, and let the rest of the events take their course. Listen to yourself. Look for reasons to be happy. Don't try to control what you can't change. Avoid "information gluttony". Compare yourself to other people less. Rejoice and love.
Slow life directions
The good thing about slow life is that its philosophy can be applied to just about anything. Here are just a few of the existing ones.
slow food("slow food") - this movement was founded by the Italian Carlo Petrini in opposition to the ubiquitous fast food. Its adherents believe that there should be no place for haste and monotony in the matter of nutrition. Instead of chewing a hamburger on the go, they suggest cooking yourself, a lot and with pleasure, using quality ingredients, practicing joint meals with friends and family, and while eating, focus on a palette of magical tastes and smells, and not on what is happening on the TV screen. In Russia, the movement is already supported by a chain of restaurants with the symbolic name "Snail", the trend has not yet reached us, but it is quite possible that this is just a matter of time.
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Slow tourism(slow tourism) - Invented as an alternative to mindless sightseeing runs in order to tick off as many checkboxes as possible and take as many photos as possible. There is usually not much time, but I want to do everything and be sure to bring photos from the trip. Only after taking a selfie against the backdrop of another sight, few people are left to enjoy the beauties of the landscape or to properly study the historical monument. No, most often we are in a hurry to take new and new photos. As a result, wonderful memories remain in the bowels of the camera, but not in our souls. This movement invites you to enjoy wonderful views and sights without haste, according to the principle "less is more". Examine, touch, listen, smell, trying to get a truly vivid and full-fledged impression.
slow sex(slow sex) - where the rush is certainly inappropriate, so it's in bed! A new approach can open hitherto unknown depths of sensuality to both.
Slow citta- More than 60 cities in Italy and some outside of it have declared themselves "oases of peace." There is officially no more room for haste. But here they are working on comfortable living conditions and improving the environment.
Utopia or reality?
Slow life is not a utopia or an escape from reality, as some might think. And do not argue that all this sounds beautiful, but in practice it is impossible, or that this is another fad of rich parasites. Of course, it is very difficult to completely organize life according to the principles listed above - especially when household chores await after a hard day at work.
However, you can always change something in your life to make it a little better. "I shifted my schedule to sit on the windowsill for fifteen minutes,"- I once heard from a wonderful girl. You can get up fifteen minutes earlier and drink your morning coffee slowly, enjoying every sip and not being distracted by extraneous stimuli like TV news or social networks. You can cook and eat with the whole family - at least sometimes. You can, feeling tired, allow yourself a walk in the park. You can just close your eyes and relax, at least for ten minutes throwing all the problems out of your head and trying to feel the taste of life itself. You can ... You can and should do everything that will bring you happiness. And the more the better. After all, what could be more important in life than happiness?
Two days ago I wrote an article about what you need to develop in order to become successful. This habit is to stop fussing, it guarantees the correctness of subsequent decisions. Today I will give specific recommendations on how to remove the fuss from your life.
History
New York a month ago. 3 p.m. I walk out of the Apple Store with acoustic silence headphones in my hands. These headphones drown out all the noise that surrounds us. I’m standing at a crossroads, cars are rushing by, a helicopter is flying somewhere in the sky, firemen’s sirens are heard in the distance, people are talking nearby. I put on my headphones and… reality shuts down. The world sound toggle switch is off. The picture is still moving, you can touch yourself, but you are not here. Silence. You have turned from a participant in life into a spectator. The fuss is gone.
By turning off one of the senses, we can turn off reality, and together with reality, we turn off the fuss imposed on us by this fast world.
Five senses
A person has 5 main senses through which we perceive the world:
- Vision
- Tactile perception (skin receptors, fingers, feet, tongue)
- Smell
Turning off one of the senses reduces the flow of information to the brain and gives it the opportunity to “cool down”, stop fussing.
The sensory perceptions above are listed in order of strength on the brain, so the effectiveness of the fuss-fighting techniques will decrease as you move down the list:
1. Vision
Close your eyes and wear goggles or a light-blocking bandage. You can even ask a loved one to take you blindfolded down the street to see how effective this method of dealing with fuss is. I draw your attention to the fact that it is better not just to close your eyes, but to ensure that your eyes do not perceive any signals at all, i.e. completely block out the light. Have you ever seen a fussy blind man? He cannot naturally fuss because his brain cannot be sensory overwhelmed with information. If it is not possible to completely eliminate the light, then simple sunglasses can relieve fussiness, although they are less effective.
2. Hearing
Immerse yourself in silence. To relieve fussiness, create silence with acoustic headphones. This can be done in seconds. I recommend you my Bose 15 Quiet Comfort. The price in America with taxes is $ 315, we will be more expensive. They completely cut off the noise when you are flying in an airplane. You can listen to quiet music during the flight, I listen to audiobooks at a low volume. Also in the subway. The downside is that they are larger than iphone headphones and after 15-20 minutes I start to feel some pressure on my eardrums, although other people usually do not feel this. For information - the headphones need their own battery. If she sits down and there is no spare, then consider that you don’t have headphones either.
Just put these headphones on and turn them on, it will create silence and remove the fuss (if the headphones are on, but turned off, then the silence is “not heard”). You can turn on slow, relaxing music. Listening to music, if the music is quiet and calm, also sets us up for a slow wave and extinguishes the fuss. But the best music to relieve the fuss, it's still silence.
There are other, more natural ways to experience silence. Enter the church. It is always quiet there, even if it is in the city center. A trip out of town also relieves the fuss because it removes irritation from the hearing organs (creates silence).
3. Smell
The city always stinks. We get used to the smells of the city, but getting used to the smell does not mean turning it off, getting used only means not noticing the source of stress.
Spas use oils and aromatherapy. The dosage of the smell is very important here. In small doses, smells help to relax by distracting from reality. In large doses, aromas do not so much distract us from reality as they increase the dose of information entering the brain from the outside. The sense of smell is too powerful a channel, so if the dose of smell is even a little higher than subtle, it only adds to the fuss and stress.
At high doses, any smell increases brain activity, whether it's incense, orange, or Chanel. This is confirmed by strong bursts of activity on the electroencephalogram of the subjects when they were allowed to smell different smells (even those that are considered soothing). In order to use smells in the fight against fuss and not be mistaken, it is better to think like this: “everything that smells stinks for the brain.” Therefore, “the surest smell” is clean sea air, clean mountain air or air outside the city.
And yet I will say that in good spa centers, where smells are barely perceptible, aromas pleasantly distract us without overloading our brains with “information”.
4. Tactile perception
Massage. The massage itself delivers massive tactile signals to the brain, but at the end of it, the tactile signals fade to a level lower than they were before the massage. Before the massage, the impulses from the skin and muscles smoldered, during the massage they flared up and burned out completely at the end of the massage. The same thing happens after a workout and a sauna. Hot showers and contrast showers are also tactile ways to relieve fuss. My favorite and most effective way to deal with fussiness and stress is to walk barefoot on sand or dirt. Tactile perception can also be considered distraction therapy (hence jars, mustard plasters, etc.)
5. Taste
Taste organs are neutral by default and we can't turn them off. But taste buds can make us distract from reality and drown out the strong signals of fuss coming from the eyes, ears, skin and nose. Taste is a red herring. Time stops when a person eats their favorite Cheese Cake with a mug of Latte coffee. In scientific terms, taste buds work according to the dominance system - when they are strongly annoyed, their signals are more important than others and we stop noticing the noise around us and the shoes that are pressing on us.
Some people have become so addicted to relieving fuss and stress with food (a way of distraction) that they have become accustomed to overeating and gaining weight. You don't have to overeat to deal with stress. Stress can be relieved with a simple blindfold or earmuffs rather than a muffin or a cookie.
Other methods of dealing with fuss
- Drugs. A very effective but silly method of dealing with fuss. This method turns off the mind, strains the body's systems, and is addictive and should not be viewed as a means of dealing with fuss or as a means of dealing with anything. Any positive effect will be minuscule compared to the consequences.
- Alcohol. 250 grams of vodka extinguishes all feelings at the same time and very effectively relieves fussiness. If other methods are tried and tried again, then 250 grams of vodka is better than myocardial infarction. The method is used with rare frequency.
- Sex. It can be more harmful than drugs if you are thoughtless and unprotected, but it can be more useful than mountain air. The main criteria: a person should not be his own sexual partner, should not get sick, should not suffer morally himself and does not have the right to inflict moral pain on others because of his sexual activity.
Finally
It is necessary to recognize in fussiness a serious enemy and begin to establish the habit of not fussing. Forming the habit of not fussing may require an investment of time and even money, but this habit is worth all the sacrifices because it ensures that all subsequent habits are created consciously.
What or who can limit your life? Only you yourself! Only yours domestic blocks, negative attitudes, stereotypes of thinking and fears - frames and limitations.
Well, how about time? Does it depend on the individual?
BUT a life does it depend on the individual? Life is the time allotted for being in the body!
People are accustomed to perceive the course of life as something beyond the control of the will. They think that time is a prison from which one cannot escape. But not voluntary or is it captivity?
Is it not in vain that you rush and fuss, trying to “catch up” with time, to use it to the maximum?
Read an article on how to get rid of rush and fuss, live relaxed, not afraid that time is running out.
Fussing, hurrying, hurrying and worrying about the transience of time are people who fear be late. Limitation in the minds of all fussy people - fear fail, waste time. It is the fear that life will end.
Many people are afraid that their time is running out forever. That is why they are in his "captivity".
Man afraid of the speed of time adjusts under the events taking place in life, while a person free from these internal restrictions, on the contrary, adjusts life for yourself. He adjusts the events myself.
Try affirmations:
- I manage my time.
- My time is up to me.
- I do everything on time.
- I'm not in a hurry, so I have time everywhere.
What does it mean to be the master of time? Example. If you determine the most convenient day and hour when the meeting will take place, or in the case when it cannot take place at all without you, being late is excluded. The meeting time is up to you. You are the owner.
It's great that No circumstances beyond human control! Even if they seem as such at first glance.
One more example. People who are always late for work like to complain about traffic problems; they assure that they do not affect the frequency and accuracy of his arrival. But is that an excuse? There are many ways not to depend on transport, from leaving the house 15 minutes earlier to getting your own bike/car. You can do something even more radical - move closer to work to go there on foot, or change your occupation (after all, you are rarely late for your favorite job, but you don’t want to come to your unloved one at all!).
Life needs to be planned. But plan not for someone, but for yourself.
Don't plan what you are not want to practice! Just don't do what you don't like.
Determine what You want to do for a day/week/month/year/life and do it. Arrange the order of things as you like and want.
Do you think: “If not me, no one else will do what I don’t want to do”? You are deeply mistaken. Everything is quite the opposite. Precisely because you are doing something, no one else is going to do it.
learn delegate powers, if you are afraid to let things take their course and let the situation be resolved without your participation.
Doing what you don't like is a waste of time. But it is precisely such classes that take place in a hustle and bustle. Because they do not want to do, they irritate and anger.
Only you decide on what waste your life.
The one who plans the time stops fussing reasonable:
- doesn't take on too much
- does not do the work for someone,
- does not want to do everything at once,
- leaves time for rest
- does what he loves
- appreciates what he does.
Boldly and confidently manage their time businessmen, people working for themselves. Be honest, can you be successful by continuing to work “for your uncle”? Would you like to be a person who independently determines the amount of time allotted for work and personal schedule?
But, even when working for someone, receiving tasks “from above”, it is still possible and necessary manage time.
Being in the position of a “slave” (it doesn’t matter where you work - at home on the housework or at work) and not wanting to leave this role (because if you wanted to, you would already have left), you can do yourself a huge favor by follow recommendation #3.
Realize - when a person tries to get ahead of time(hurries and fusses) he spends a lot of his life energy. Haste takes away energy, and hence time and life, thereby bringing closer the moment of its completion.
Fearing life, many are in a hurry to say goodbye to it.
Do not waste the energy of life on the fuss caused by fear! Spend it on pleasure and happiness. Enjoy what you do, if you have already decided to do it contrary to your desires or following them.
Example. If you are a domestic “slave”, who independently manages the household, fearing that her husband will leave if he is “strained” with housework, and the children will consider him an “evil mother”, there are two options:
- continue in the same spirit, but then do not fuss and do not complain - you yourself have shouldered this responsibility;
- stop doing the work for others, let them develop and be Adults.
The opposite method
If you are one of those people who are more motivated "from something" rather than “something”, use statistics. People who are always in a hurry, living in constant fuss and anxiety:
- get sick more often
- more prone to stress
- dissatisfied with personal (and sexual) life,
- irritable
- conflicts,
- pessimistic
- perceived by others as unreliable, not worthy of trust and respect.
If you want to live happily - reduce the pace of your activity. This is especially true for women. Modern girls are so accustomed to living in the pace of the world, imprisoned for men, that they have forgotten about their nature. But the feminine essence passive. Femininity is slowness and smoothness, grace and peace, and not a race and the desire to win at any cost.
If you are late for something, allow yourself such a “luxury” - not to worry about being late. Feelings won't help.
The one who is in a hurry is late, because he himself adjusts the time, organizing the chaos of fuss around him.
In addition, during the rush, the probability of making mistake increases many times.
Have you noticed that on quality Do jobs always take longer? By doing quickly, people often do poorly, make many mistakes. Isn't it better to do less, but better? The choice is yours!
Express Methods
If you already late:
- tune in in a calmly positive way. The world won't collapse (you won't get fired from your job/a guy will leave you, etc.) if you come later. But if you come in a bad mood and provoke a conflict ...
- Believe in the fact that everything is always on time and events add up for the good. It is impossible to know for sure where you are late. Many people missed the planes, which subsequently crashed.
- Do not think that you are always late person. You are a person with a bad habit of rushing. And the present moment great opportunity stop fussing. Just stop doing it.
What unites these three points? The ability to pull yourself together at the right moment.
self-control, the ability to remain calm, control emotions and thoughts - that's what you need to study. This is what every situation in which there is haste and fuss teaches. It is given for this, to finally teach you not to rush and not to fuss.
Question to the psychologist:
I'm always in a hurry to get somewhere, no matter what I'm doing. At the same time, while I am not working, I have a lot of free time, it cannot be said that I do not have the opportunity to do something and I am trying to make up for lost time. I start cooking - everything flies, cut faster, wash faster, just to finish it early. I walk - I walk quickly, as if I'm late for something, I overtake all passers-by. I sit down to draw or make music - I also need to do everything as soon as possible, I need to cram as much information into myself as possible in a day, rather, because someone at your age is already a famous artist / musician, but I have not achieved anything. At the same time, from the huge volumes of this very information, I feel uneasy, I understand that in a day, a week, even a month I can’t keep up and not learn everything at once. But this fact depresses me with all understanding, and I can give up the business altogether and then for days on end I cannot start because of the fear of failure. Even at 24, for some reason, I already feel old, that youth has passed, and if I don’t change my life in any way over the next 5 years, it is lost. I feel like I screwed up my whole life. I also often envy people who have achieved something creatively. I have constant anxiety, I can not relax. It's like I'm running from something. Lately it seems that from myself. Because I idealize myself, but I can’t accept it as it is, I don’t like myself so “ordinary”. I don't think anyone will be interested in this. This state is maddening, I envy those who can just sit back and watch a show without worrying about how "successful" they are. I've always had the "signs" of this haste disease, but somehow they didn't bother me so much before. They began to manifest themselves especially sharply after breaking up with a guy, he used me, but I still couldn’t come to my senses, I thought that he couldn’t love me because I wasn’t smart enough, good, interesting, and the real race began not for an ideal, but a super version of yourself. Especially finished off that he was fond of another girl behind my back. So she deserves it and I don't. Only with him, for some reason, I was calm, like a boa constrictor. Can you give practical advice? I shoveled so much literature on psychoanalysis, learned a lot, but this is empty knowledge, I don’t know how to apply it and correct myself. I don’t want to be neurotic, I’m terribly tired of this :(
The psychologist Sokolova Anna Viktorovna answers the question.
Anna, good afternoon.
Thank you for visiting our site. Anna, often people who seek help, concentrating on one problem, have a complex of unresolved problems. And your letter is no exception. But not everyone is aware of the fact that it is impossible for a psychologist to give high-quality recommendations on solving all the issues at once that have accumulated in a person for years, within the framework of one consultation. Therefore, it would be most appropriate to follow the rule: one request, one consultation.
Your request is as follows: How to stop rushing in everything?
You have indicated the reasons for the haste and I think you understand them.
Let's talk about how to stop rushing and work through the constant rush syndrome.
1. Planning. Plan your day this way: don't try to cram everything into one day. Recently I got acquainted with a wonderful book on the topic: "how to keep up with everything." And for myself, I made a few recommendations.
one). Plan an average of 5 tasks per year/week/year.
2). First of all, do the most priority and important things.
3). Set an alarm for every hour. So you will learn to feel the time.
4). Do not worry if something is not done in time, you must take into account that unscheduled events may occur that require urgent attention (an unscheduled visit to the doctor, an important meeting or call that you cannot reschedule, etc.).
5). Set aside a certain time for each lesson (- / + 15-20 minutes). This will allow you to move on to the next planned duties in time. Also avoid oversaturation.
6). Arrange breaks between chores, relax, fill up with energy.
7). Ensure there are no distractions during work (turn off the phone, the Internet, avoid unplanned snacks). Focus as much as possible on the process and the fulfillment of a particular dal. Do not be distructed!
2. Slow down. It is slowing down that will allow you to figure out what is most important to you. Realize and accept the fact that life is better when you move at a more relaxed and free pace. In a frantic rhythm, we stop enjoying the moments and appreciate the moments. We stop noticing details and trifles. Haste deprives us of quality work. Haste prevents you from doing the work putting your soul into it. And from such work, as a rule, you do not get satisfaction.
Enjoy the moment!
3. Have a lazy day. Detachment and the ability to abstract from everyday affairs gives us new ideas, reveals new facets and opens up new opportunities, enriches us with energy, gives us a "breath of fresh air".
Rest is a must!
4. Focus on the present. To do the job with maximum benefit, it is necessary at the time of its execution to forget about the past and the future. Learn to perform specific tasks at the moment, in a certain period of time.
5. Do each task in sequence. Do not try to "embrace the immensity", or, as I often say, "shove the unimaginable". This is a very dangerous trap. Often this leads to rejection and loss of interest in the case. It will be easier for you to follow this rule if you initially prepare for the case as for a long journey.
Eat the elephant bit by bit!
6. Give up the desire to do your job perfectly. A moderate desire to do better work is the key to success and development. Excessive desire is the key to dissatisfaction, the development of depression and, as a result, the appearance of problems that require a trip to the doctor.
7.Here is another tip. As soon as you feel that you have begun to rush again, remember the following proverbs and sayings, because they contain great wisdom:
Slowly, right.
Hurry up and make people laugh.
They did it in a hurry, but they did it for fun.
And ready, yes stupidly.
It won't be good soon.
Get the job done, don't rush.
8. Start practicing yoga. Include it in your daily diet. Yoga and meditation can put your thoughts in order and give you harmony and inspiration.
9. And finally, I will introduce you to a very wise parable about haste.
Parable "Hurry slowly"
There lived a wise man in the world. He was very famous among the students for the fact that he always succeeded. Those around him were at a loss as to how he manages to always be calm and happy.
One day, several students approached him and asked: - You have a lot of work. How do you manage to always be calm, collected, cheerful. We never saw you in a bad mood. The sage answered: - If I stand, then I stand. If I go, then I go. If I run, then I run. The students objected: - This is not your secret! We do that too. But at the same time, we still fall into a stressful state. Things don't always work out the way we would like. Although compared to you, we have much less work to do.
The sage answered: - Perhaps the reason is that when you are standing, you are already walking. When you are walking, you are already running. And when you run, you are already at the goal.
I wish you harmony.
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In 1986, Italian Carlo Petrini organized a demonstration against the opening of a McDonald's restaurant in central Rome. Anti-fast food publicly feasted on traditional Italian pasta, reminding passers-by that food is an important part of national culture and life. Thus was born the Slow Food movement, which fights for healthy and conscious eating and the preservation of culinary traditions. Then a larger direction appeared, which is called differently: Slow Life, "Slow Life", "Culture of Slowdown". It tells people how to live happily in our accelerating world.
We are in website decided to find out why the eternal rush is dangerous and how a modern person can live slowly and still manage to do everything.
Where will the race lead?
What the culture of slowdown offers
In short: slow down. In more detail: to consciously approach life, have fun and not chase after material values. All in all, don't live like we're late for our own funeral as founder Geir Bertelsen said.
Adherents of the culture of slowing down do not at all call on a person to abandon the benefits of civilization. Slow Life is the desire to enjoy life in the modern world. The most important thing is to find your rhythm. If you urgently needed some information, you do not have to go to the central library on the other side of the city. Of course, it's easier to turn to Google. “The whole philosophy of slow motion boils down to one word: balance. When you need to hurry - hurry. But where it is natural not to rush, do not drive. Look for what in music is called tempo giusto, the right pace”, writes Carl Honore in his book “No fuss. How to stop rushing and start living.
If a person consciously lives in the present moment, carefully examines his inner world and the world around him, life becomes more intense and enjoyable. Happy events in our memory seem infinitely long, although in reality they could last several seconds. Small joys can and should be sought in everyday life, but when we want to do everything "quickly", we do not enjoy food, reading, music, sex and other things.
In what areas can you slow down
The culture of slowing down reminds that a person should enjoy work, not burnout, nervous breakdown and heart attack. The philosophy of slowness has penetrated into other areas of life:
- Motion slow food teaches people not to eat on the go and appreciate the culture of the family feast.
- slow art rejects running around museums and theaters for show and calls for a thoughtful study of works of art that should bring aesthetic and intellectual joy.
- Born in Norway slow TV: instead of constantly changing pictures, there were programs without splicing, for example, watching the movement trains or a steamer.
- Slow reading suggests paying attention not to the number of books read, but to the quality: reflect on what you read, discuss with friends.
- Slow travel they offer not to run from one attraction to another, but to slowly enjoy new places and culture, communicate with residents, and try local cuisine.
- slow aging respects the natural changes of the body and encourages people not to look younger with the help of cosmetics and plastic surgery.
Even if it's a short walk around the house, observe life around or reflect. The most important thing is not to stick to your smartphone.
Do you often have to rush? Would you like to slow down the pace of life?