For some time I have struggled with a contradiction that I have had in my mind. I agree strongly with private enterprise, with people setting up their own business and the freedom and responsibility that creates (I think these small “cottage industries” are very “Slow”). However, I dislike large corporate enterprise (in general, there are [...] Read more »
Are You Really Slow or Are You a Fastoholic?
Have you ever known anyone that has stopped smoking, for example, and suddenly become the most rabid and outspoken antismoker? When we stop doing something we often slingshot in the opposite direction, we go from one extreme from the other. This is rarely anything to do with the possible addictive nature of the behaviour that [...] Read more »
Slow Down Go Faster
Today I was running late, I rushed to try and put my shoes on to get out of the door. I pulled my shoelace in a funny way and actually made the knot tighter and struggled to get my shoe on and the knot undone. In my rush and fluster I got frustrated and started [...] Read more »
Bah Humbag: Slowing Down Christmas
Well, it is December and I have lifted my self imposed Christmas embargo. I refuse to even think about Christmas until now, no matter how much adverts and Tesco try and make me (I am sat here watching Love Actually. It is the one film that cannot fail to make me feel Christmassy!). I don’t [...] Read more »
A Quick (!) Update
Hi, Sorry for the lack of blogging of late. I have been away on holiday and whilst I was away I have been finding myself mulling over the future of the blog/journal part of this site. I will publish a full entry about this and what I intend to do in the next few days. [...] Read more »
The Lighter Side of Slow
I remember hearing the late great Robert Anton Wilson talking about the term “Hilaritas”, which is derived from a Greek word, meaning to “live joyfully” and was supposedly used to describe the gods. You could tell they were a god because the had “Hilaritas”. Humour is incredibly important to the Slow mindset. Humour has power. [...] Read more »
The Buddha As the First Psychotherapist?
As John Naish so eloquently put in his excellent book “Enough: Breaking Free from the World of More”. Human beings are designed to want, to crave to covet. For good or ill, it is what has got us to where we are today. It has worked very well as a survival strategy and without it, [...] Read more »
Life is Journey, Not a Destination
“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu. The problem with our goal/success/achievement driven society is that we spend so much time fixating on the goal that we miss the process. Whenever I have something I want to achieve (and Slow is not about NOT achieving things [...] Read more »
The Best of Tortoise Knows Best So Far…(Part 2: The WordPress.com Days)
Continuing the best of theme. Here is the “best of” the WordPress.com days (running from October ’08 – January ’09): The Little Things Where I muse on how it is often the little things that we don’t really pay attention too that makes us the happiest in life, not the big bucks stuff we would [...] Read more »
Slow Cast Episode 7: An Interlude, How to Slow Down Again
In this, very belated, new podcast, the Slow Coach takes a break and talks about what do to if you find yourself speeding up when you want to be slowing down… Get it Here or click on the link on the homepage. SC Read more »