My life had become an endless race against the clock. I was always in a hurry, scrambling to save a minute here, a few seconds there. My wake-up call came when I found myself toying with the idea of buying a collection of One-Minute Bedtime Stories Snow White in 60 seconds. Suddenly it hit me: my rushaholism has got so out of hand that I'm even willing to speed up those precious moments with my children at the end of the day. There has to be a better way, I thought, because living in fast forward is not really living at all. That's why I began investigating the possibility of slowing down.
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a jour… - Carl Honore
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a jour…
- Carl Honore
Spending more time with friends and family costs nothing. Nor does walking, cooking, meditating, making love, reading or eating dinner at the table i… - Carl Honore
Spending more time with friends and family costs nothing. Nor does walking, cooking, meditating, making love, reading or eating dinner at the table i…
Technology enables us to work every minute of every day from any place on the planet. - Carl Honore
Technology enables us to work every minute of every day from any place on the planet.
The greatest thinkers in history certainly knew the value of shifting the mind into low gear. Charles Darwin described himself as a slow thinker. Ein… - Carl Honore
The greatest thinkers in history certainly knew the value of shifting the mind into low gear. Charles Darwin described himself as a slow thinker. Ein…
Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead o… - Carl Honore
Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead o…
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise … - Carl Honore
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise …
By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they … - Carl Honore
By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they …
Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them. - Carl Honore
Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them.
I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don’t.’ I’m not genuflecting in … - Carl Honore
I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don’t.’ I’m not genuflecting in …
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