Intro

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Slow life means slowing down; it means consuming less and means doing less.
In a world that prizes productivity and genera; more-ness, this can feel uncomfortable.
//grappling with slow life
//what does slow life look like?
If slow life means instead of 10 things a day, you only do one, in this world with all these talks about how our life only has x-days, how do you cope with that idea?
But you also get more out of it. More fulfillment and contentment. Even when it is from fewer things.
slow
It means instead of 10 things a day, you only do one.
All this happens simply because you’re taking your time with it.
How do you grapple with that dissonance? How do you still get the most out of life?
So what is slow life, really?
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enough
And so, in a way, slowing down is also about creating abundance from scarcity.
//getting the most out of life
Getting more from less.
Is “most” defined by quantity or quality?
//the math of slowness
What if slow living is about getting less out of life? Less quantity more quality?
Which I guess goes back to the question, does quantity help us feel fulfilled or quality?
//finding enough
//the math of enough
what is enough?
what does it feel like?
a musing is a stream of consciousness manifested and followed, that stops somewhere gratifying
One of our goals in sharing and exploring quotidian aesthetics is to help people find “enough”
//why is finding enough important?
As Oliver burkeman puts in his book, what comes after greater productivity, after making more time, is just *more* work.
All this time I spend trying to make things more efficient, more convenient, I’m trying to make more time.
But more time for what? What am I going to spend my time on, really? Is there anything in the world I’m going to actually take my time with, to spend all that time on? What do I wan to spend time be slow with?
It reminds me of these questions: Why do you hand grind coffee? Why do you brew with a gaiwan?