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I’ve started doing many things more slowly, not just reading. Cooking, for example. After the challenge of chopping an onion really quickly wore off, I started

by wkjagt 4y ago

I’ve started doing many things more slowly, not just reading. Cooking, for example. After the challenge of chopping an onion really quickly wore off, I started going slower and enjoying the moment. I realized chefs in kitchens go fast because they have to. They have many tables to serve. I have just one, so for me trying to look like a chef doesn’t make any sense. I can go slow and it’s ok, my family isn’t “waiting for their order”. I call them to the table when dinner is ready, which means: no rush needed, and I can just enjoy the moment. Same goes for almost anything else.

dorchadas 4y ago
Can I ask what prompted this? I've tried to change my life to fit this in the past few years, since reading Carl Honore's In Praise of Slow (released in 2005! I can only imagine what he thinks now), even down to shifting away from speeding on the highway and just going the speed limit. I've found that one simple act gave me a better mindset, same with trying to do other things slowly as well (including just meandering the city I now live in).
- wkjagt 4y ago
  > Can I ask what prompted this? I think the main thing is that I learned that the level of stress that comes with doing things as fast as possible is disproportionate to the time saved. In other words, by doing things as fast as possible I'm not actually a whole lot quicker, just a bit quicker, but a whole lot more stressed. The speed limit example you gave is a good one by the way. You feel like you're saving a lot of time by going 10% faster than the limit, but you're only getting to your destination a tiny bit sooner, or not even. Another thing is that I do things a lot better when I do them slower. Often I even take less time doing something slower because I don't make as many mistakes. I don't know Carl Honore's book by the way, I'll look it up!

by wkjagt 4y ago

dorchadas 4y ago

Can I ask what prompted this? I've tried to change my life to fit this in the past few years, since reading Carl Honore's In Praise of Slow (released in 2005! I can only imagine what he thinks now), even down to shifting away from speeding on the highway and just going the speed limit. I've found that one simple act gave me a better mindset, same with trying to do other things slowly as well (including just meandering the city I now live in).

wkjagt 4y ago
> Can I ask what prompted this? I think the main thing is that I learned that the level of stress that comes with doing things as fast as possible is disproportionate to the time saved. In other words, by doing things as fast as possible I'm not actually a whole lot quicker, just a bit quicker, but a whole lot more stressed. The speed limit example you gave is a good one by the way. You feel like you're saving a lot of time by going 10% faster than the limit, but you're only getting to your destination a tiny bit sooner, or not even. Another thing is that I do things a lot better when I do them slower. Often I even take less time doing something slower because I don't make as many mistakes. I don't know Carl Honore's book by the way, I'll look it up!