Life moves pretty fast. Here are things that help you slow down

http://www.goodbytes.be/blog/article/life-moves-pretty-fast.-here-are-5-things-you-can-do-to-slow-down

by goodbytes • 14 years ago

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noinput• 14 years ago

Good tips, for those who don't have kids! Good inspiration for me to write a blog post about the same subject while having 2 munchkins running around for 12 hours a day.

goodbytes4• 14 years ago

You're right. I don't have kids, so I'm definitely interested in how your version! :)

reddit_clone• 14 years ago

Indeed using a straight razor while children are running around might slow down a person permanently.

A double edged razor with brush and soap sounds like a good compromise. Saves quite a bit of money eventually.

zissou• 14 years ago

Is the first sentence in the title a Ferris Bueller reference? If it's not, it'd be cooler if it was.

goodbytes4• 14 years ago

Don't know about that, I thought it was a common thing to say about life :)

jamestc• 14 years ago

I do enjoy a good run, but I feel like walking gets a bad rap. Running will help you feel great, walking will help you think straight. That's what I say, anyway.

Will Self did an Authors@Google session where he talks about what I found to be a in incredibly liberating and enlightening idea. He recommends breaking the matrix of your daily to-and-from work/school/whatever commute by literally walking all over the parts of town you'd normally drive right past on your way to work. Under the bridges, over hills, through the parks, etc. You end up developing a much broader visual reference of the places you mindlessly go through on a daily basis, but more importantly, I think, you develop a deeper sense of place.

Anybody with an hour to kill should check out the talk he gives, as he can do it justice better than I can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEgOiB7Bo8

001sky• 14 years ago

This is a good thought piece. These are all things that require cognitive energy by don't overlap with "work", in that they are tangible, analog, and habituated differently. That being said, these things won't "slow you down" unless you make time for them first. That's the point he's trying to make, but its worth repeating. It's like spending "more", but on a higher quality of X (time, not money). You have to spend less somewhere else, though, to keep the budget in check.

nnq• 14 years ago

The straight razor advice is the funniest byte of lifehacking I've read for years... of course, knowing how "handy" I am with things (managed to get a friend bleeding from his eye by misusing an umbrella...), I'd say pass to it, however "zen" it may sound :)

goodbytes4• 14 years ago

Hey nnq, it took me months to master using a straight razor, but it's definitely worth it if you're willing to spend the time on it :). I could have written "take a sauna", which is equally relaxing to me, but just costs more.

rajdevar• 14 years ago

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stepheniliffe/6270719804/

WalterGR2• 14 years ago

Link goes to a photo of a subway poster of Mahatma Ghandi and the quote, "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

goodbytes4• 14 years ago

I can't find that link. Can you tell me where you found that link so I can fix it?

Life moves pretty fast. Here are things that help you slow down

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