“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.” – E. F. Schumacher (Economist, founder and exponent of “Buddhist Economics”) Slowing down is a constant journey of discovery. This blog is as much [...] Read more »
De-clutter your mind to give you space to slow down. Part 6: Shoulds
Right, we are onto the last step of de-cluttering your mind. Tomorrow I will post a short review of the steps. The final step is to deal with those annoying “shoulds”, you know the things on the list you found it very difficult to get rid of or cross off because they seemed very important [...] Read more »
De-clutter your mind to give you space to slow down. Part 5: Needs
Well, so far we have got you to capture all the stuff rushing round in your head, so it is out and written down. That probably made you feel much better already! I often carry a notepad with me, so that I can scribble stuff down as I think of them. Makes me feel better. [...] Read more »
De-clutter your mind to give you space to slow down. Part 3: Why?
Hello again, carrying on from the mini-theme I started last week I am going to carry on talking about how to de-clutter your mind and your thought processes to streamline your daily activities so that you can find space to be slow and really appreciate what you want to in life… OK, so you have [...] Read more »
Finding the Space to Be Slow
The slow life is the simple life, is the easy life. To be able to slow down you need to create space to do so. To create space you need 2 things: 1) (Ruthless) elimination of non-essentials. This frees up time and resources to embrace the slow lifestyle, spending more time doing what you want [...] Read more »