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Life moves pretty fast. Here are things that help you slow down
- noinput 14y agoGood tips, for those who don't have kids! Good inspiration for me to write a blog post about the same subject while having 2 munchkins running around for 12 hours a day.
- goodbytes 14y agoYou're right. I don't have kids, so I'm definitely interested in how your version! :)
- reddit_clone 14y agoIndeed using a straight razor while children are running around might slow down a person permanently. A double edged razor with brush and soap sounds like a good compromise. Saves quite a bit of money eventually.
- zissou 14y agoIs the first sentence in the title a Ferris Bueller reference? If it's not, it'd be cooler if it was.
- goodbytes 14y agoDon't know about that, I thought it was a common thing to say about life :)
- jamestc 14y agoI do enjoy a good run, but I feel like walking gets a bad rap. Running will help you feel great, walking will help you think straight. That's what I say, anyway. Will Self did an Authors@Google session where he talks about what I found to be a in incredibly liberating and enlightening idea. He recommends breaking the matrix of your daily to-and-from work/school/whatever commute by literally walking all over the parts of town you'd normally drive right past on your way to work. Under the bridges, over hills, through the parks, etc. You end up developing a much broader visual reference of the places you mindlessly go through on a daily basis, but more importantly, I think, you develop a deeper sense of place. Anybody with an hour to kill should check out the talk he gives, as he can do it justice better than I can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEgOiB7Bo8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEgOiB7Bo8
- 001sky 14y agoThis is a good thought piece. These are all things that require cognitive energy by don't overlap with "work", in that they are tangible, analog, and habituated differently. That being said, these things won't "slow you down" unless you make time for them first. That's the point he's trying to make, but its worth repeating. It's like spending "more", but on a higher quality of X (time, not money). You have to spend less somewhere else, though, to keep the budget in check.
- nnq 14y agoThe straight razor advice is the funniest byte of lifehacking I've read for years... of course, knowing how "handy" I am with things (managed to get a friend bleeding from his eye by misusing an umbrella...), I'd say pass to it, however "zen" it may sound :)
- goodbytes 14y agoHey nnq, it took me months to master using a straight razor, but it's definitely worth it if you're willing to spend the time on it :). I could have written "take a sauna", which is equally relaxing to me, but just costs more.
- rajdevar 14y agohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stepheniliffe/6270719804/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stepheniliffe/6270719804/
- WalterGR 14y agoLink goes to a photo of a subway poster of Mahatma Ghandi and the quote, "There is more to life than increasing its speed."