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“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.”

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Carl Honore
Carl Honore

Carl Honoré is a British journalist born in 1967. He is known for his research on the pace of modern life, particularly the concept of 'slow living'. Honoré's work explores how to find balance in a fast-paced world and how to improve the quality of life by slowing down. more

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