Downshift
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang
“Slow living is a curious mix of being prepared and being prepared to let go. Caring more and caring less. Saying yes and saying no. Being present and walking away. Doing the important things and forgetting those that aren’t.”
Brooke McAlary, SLOW
Brooke McAlary, SLOW
“We’re a species that rushes through everything, then complains that time flies.”
Steve Maraboli
Steve Maraboli
“Slow down, you’re doing fine, you can’t be everything you wanna be before your time.”
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
“Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you’re left only with what you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy.”
Leo Babaut
Leo Babaut
“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”
—Pablo Picasso
“In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.”
Plato
Plato
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