Is There a Natural Pace of Living for Human Beings?
(“We labour at our daily work more ardently and thoughtlessly than is necessary to sustain our life,” wrote Nietzsche, “because to us it is even more necessary not to have leisure to stop and think. Haste is universal because everyone is in flight from himself.”)
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The lifestyle defaults of the twenty-first century ignore our evolutionary history and rob us of energy.
John Zeratsky • Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day
Why would rational and intelligent people want to contort their lives like a hyper-kinetic yoga instructor jacked up on an all-day energy drink?
Surely, it has something to do with our obsession with doing, over just being, and the endless pursuit of excitement, which we mistake for happiness. Add to this our collective fear that we will run out of... See more
Surely, it has something to do with our obsession with doing, over just being, and the endless pursuit of excitement, which we mistake for happiness. Add to this our collective fear that we will run out of... See more
Simply This: Living an Uncomplicated Life
Modernity frowns on stillness, on simply being and watching the world go by, and favors busyness. This comes at a cost to well-being.