“The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds” PeopleMindBodyCultureBenefitsConnectionsMeaningfulTranquilitySlow DownMind And BodySlowingMeaningful Connections Book:In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed Source: In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed
“Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread right across Europe and beyond. And in this, towns begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape so that people are encouraged to slow down and smell the roses and connect with one another.” PeopleCitiesMovementEuropeTownsDown AndRoseSpreadSmellLandscapeUrbanOrganizeSlow DownSlow FoodUrban Landscape Author: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 work better; they live better.” PeopleMomentsInspirationMotivationLove IsExerciseHealthcareMaking LoveSlow DownSlowingRight Moment Author: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 and distractions, of slowing down and simply being alone with our thoughts.” ArtAgeLostRichMediaComputerDown AndBackgroundsNoiseDataDistractionOur ThoughtsSlow DownSurfingDoing NothingGamingSlowingBackground Noise Book:In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed Source: In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed
“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.” WayChildrenIdeasEndsMomentsStoriesHandsFoundWhiteRaceMinutesPossibilityWillingWake UpSpeedEndlessSnowClockMy ChildrenBuyingCollectionsThe End Of The DaySecondsSlow DownBetter WaysBedtimeOne MinuteSlowingInvestigatingSnow WhiteWake Up CallBedtime StoriesPrecious MomentsReally Living Author:Carl Honore
