Source https://zenhabits.net/slow-retreat/
By Leo Babauta
Our days are a busy rush, often from the moment we wake up. Even in our moments of rest, we are often on our phones or using technology to distract ourselves. The result is a life of stress, overwhelm, and habitual patterns.
What would it be like to slow down? To find stillness in your day, moments of rest and quietude?
The possibility of slowing down goes much deeper than just having a bit less busyness in your day …
Slowing down, if we go deeper, allows us to:
- Notice what’s coming up for us, and to attend to our emotions. This is much, much more important than people realize — most of our problems come from an inability to regulate our emotions or even recognize that they’re there.
- Make decisions from a place of choosing from the heart. If we have a decision to make, instead of overthinking it, w…
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