Everyone wants to know how to slow down their life, and ironically they want to do it very quickly. The world is stuck in fast-forward, trying to do more and more in less and less time, always racing the clock. Even instant gratification is not fast enough. Today’s current views in advancement see it as being able to accomplish thing faster. People are so accustomed to speed, that they are unaware of the toll of running at such a fast pace. Eventually something has to give, ether peoples bodies or even relationships. These actions bring up the two questions, how did we get so fast? And is it possible to slow down?
The deep driver of this problem is time itself. Our view is time is money and its always running out. People lives begin to revolve around a finish line model. Fortunately slowing down is possible. Slowing down at the right monuments, lets people realize everything thing improves. This is forming the international slow movement. More pleasure and health are the result when more time and effort is put into a project and not burning through the process like a mad man. When a places rethinks how operating slowly would apply, a better connection is made throughout the community. More focus on bettering life, with more parks and less traffic, seeing how theses change add up to more than the sum of their parts, shows the vital role of the slowness movement.
Slowing down in all aspects in one life is very beneficial, from the bedroom to the workplace, people are living better live, working more productive, and overall working the least amount of hours during the week. This happens because people are able to be more relaxed and actually think out actions and plans, avoiding mistakes and making deeper connections in life and business.
People have to make time for the thing usually overlooked in life. Slowing down still remains hard, because speed is fun, and people use it to find distraction, to avoid think about undesired topics. Culture itself has made slow a taboo, linking the term with a slacker or giving up on life. Slow is not always good, but the new idea on slow is, making time for the better thing in life, or just slow down and slaver the important ones life has to offer.
Slowing down is possible in modern society, to avoiding overloading and not wanting to be rushed. The upshot is people are healthier, more productive, and happier. People are living there life and again and not racing through it. Everything becomes deep, rich, and stronger. Not living on a schedule, but taking the necessary time to appreciate the better thing in life.
This clip was a good, new, and refreshing view on life and how it should be. People have to realize life is what they make it, and missing all the details on the way, makes for boring memories. Details are what make people’s lives exciting and unique, Make people become passionate and more connected with loved ones and society. Speed really is a negative influence on modern life, it is necessary during the right application, but life today has it stuck on over drive. After watching this video, slowing down will become a focus and part of my activities. The points made, had good depth, and were easily relatable, motivating people to try slowing down for them selves.
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Source : TED (2010) “Praises Slowness”, Retreived March 25, 2010, from: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/carl_honore_praises_slowness.html
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