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RE: What is Slow Living?

in #life7 years ago

I think that the world could use more "Slow living."
Since about 1987, I've thought that the internet and everything it's brought about, is what's wrong with the world.
I don't have a problem with information, or the access to it, but I don't hear of people browsing for hours to find "War and peace," or "Much ado about nothing."
Instead, it's all about how many likes you get, how many selfies that you can post. How many times you can report the same news story in an hour.
There was a time when you walked to the library and browsed for hours to find that one book that you wanted to read, and you actually enjoyed reading. You would take it home and you'd curl up on the couch and slowly savor every word on the page, and you could actually see it all in your mind.
Now, you browse for hours to find the right movie, you browse for the quickest way to download it (for free) and then you devour it less than an hour.
Or you look for the quickest way to get from point a to point b, and never deviate from that path. You don't stop along the way, you don't slow down going through small towns.
Or you just don't slow down at all.
And it causes mental breakdowns when you don't take the time to decompress.

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Ah yes, the conundrum of existing in the present when we crave the past. That's what slow living is for me - a modern approach to enjoying all the abundance of today. Thank you for dropping by and sharing your thoughts! 🙏🏼

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