In music Tempo Giusto means to play in “exact time”, in Carl Honore’s seminal work “In Praise of Slow(ness)” he discusses the idea of Tempus Guisto as applied to our lifestyles meaning living at the “right tempo”. You see, the Slow Philosophy is not about doing everything at a snails pace, crawling along or grinding [...] Read more »
The Story So Far
(For an audio version of this blog click here, or here to listen via iTunes) This blog is just over two years old, so I thought for my first post of 2011 I would write a brief(ish) “story so far”, hopefully this will act as a catch up for new readers and review for older [...] Read more »
International Day of Slowness
According to “The Slow Society” yesterday (21st June – the Summer Solstice) was the “International Day of Slowness“. I only just found out about it (what do you expect really? This is about “slow” after all…). It is one of several “International Days of Slowness” I have come across. The great thing about the Slow [...] Read more »
SlowCast Season 2
You can listen to episode one of SlowCast Season 2 here, or subscribe in iTune here I owe all you listeners out there a huge apology, as it has been well over 6 months since my last SlowCast. But hey, these are SlowCasts after all! In the first episode of season 2 I discuss the future [...] Read more »
The 3 Keys to a Slow and Happy Life
One of the reasons I stopped blogging so regularly was because, well, I was running out of things to say. You see, the Slow life is the simple life is the easy life. And, so in my quest to become slower, unflustered, uncomplicated and uncluttered, I often found that I was practicing the same things [...] Read more »
Slow Down from the Inside Out
When I initially came across the slow movement, idling, and associated fields, it wasn’t Slow Food, or Slow Travel, or even Slow Sex, or any of those external activities that caught my attention, it was the philosophy behind the slow movement and the mindset you developed from embracing that philosophy; the psychology of slow, or [...] Read more »
Slower Than Expected Blogging
Unfortunately, due to a few changes in my day-to-day life recently I am going to have to put this blog on a bit of a hiatus. It doesn’t mean I am stopping this blog, it just means that entries will be even slower than usual. For more regular updates you can visit my twitter feed [...] Read more »
Make 2010 Your Year for Slowing Down!
(Please excuse the brazen “plug” nature of this blog post) In the spirit of New Years Resolutions, make 2010 your year for slowing down… If you are serious about slowing down this year and want make certain your succeed, one of the easiest, and most powerful ways is a series of one-to-one coaching sessions. I [...] Read more »
New Years ReSLOWlutions…
Well hello and welcome to a new year and a new decade. You may think it is a bit late for a New Years Resolutions blog entry. But I only came back to “work” today, as yesterday was Plough Monday. Plough Monday References to Plough Monday date back to the late 15th century, and was [...] Read more »
The Overflowing Teacup
“Once, a university professor went to visit a Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked continuously about Zen, his thoughts, his ideas, his understands and his questions… As he spoke the master poured the visitor’s cup to the brim, but then kept pouring. The professor watched the overflowing cup until he [...] Read more »