So good to see your name pop up David :o) And from your friend, what wisdom.
I am also asking myself: is this something people have always felt, no matter the time or context? or is this moment pushing us to crave slowness more than previous ones? (and, panning out a bit in my own lived experience having just had a birthday... is this a bit of a now that I've lived the first half of my life in a place of striving, now I am here to appreciate it a bit more?)
Would be great to catch up in the coming weeks to mull this over and whatever else is rattling around for the both of us :P
Cooking, gardening, and raising kids teach me patience every day. I still look for the occasional shortcut, but many things have to be done the slow way to reap the best rewards.
I started The Overachiever's Club because society at large rewards my efficiency and productivity -- making them hard habits to break. But the battle for time never ends; I just fill the time I saved with more things! A hamster wheel, indeed.
My eternal life battle will be to do less.... Without feeling too much like I am doing less😝
Really wonderful to meet you and am enjoying being a new follower / reader of The Overachiever's Club. Such a meditation: "because society at large rewards my efficiency and productivity -- making them hard habits to break".
Great piece Leslie, reminds me of a saying a friend of mine used consistently “Slow down to go further”
So good to see your name pop up David :o) And from your friend, what wisdom.
I am also asking myself: is this something people have always felt, no matter the time or context? or is this moment pushing us to crave slowness more than previous ones? (and, panning out a bit in my own lived experience having just had a birthday... is this a bit of a now that I've lived the first half of my life in a place of striving, now I am here to appreciate it a bit more?)
Would be great to catch up in the coming weeks to mull this over and whatever else is rattling around for the both of us :P
Cooking, gardening, and raising kids teach me patience every day. I still look for the occasional shortcut, but many things have to be done the slow way to reap the best rewards.
I started The Overachiever's Club because society at large rewards my efficiency and productivity -- making them hard habits to break. But the battle for time never ends; I just fill the time I saved with more things! A hamster wheel, indeed.
My eternal life battle will be to do less.... Without feeling too much like I am doing less😝
Always have to know that I am not the only one!
Really wonderful to meet you and am enjoying being a new follower / reader of The Overachiever's Club. Such a meditation: "because society at large rewards my efficiency and productivity -- making them hard habits to break".
Looking forward to learning and growing together!
Wonderful to meet you too! And love learning and growing together 🥰