I enjoyed reading this blog from zenhabits.net as I am in this wonderful transition of slowing down. My busy life several years ago had me working full time as a manager while in full-time university courses....even throughout the summer terms. I was "accomplishing so many things" yet throughout that journey I constantly felt incomplete, that there was a missing element to my insane schedule. I realize now via the ability to slow down and reflect that I was, because of my productivity pace, taking on too much and subsequently never deeply learning and understanding what it was I was doing. In this western culture we see one's insane schedule as a good thing, an ideal example of a highly contributing member to society. This may not be the case all the time. Probably even most of the time. I say this in reflection of my past definition of busy. It seemed that anything to do with work (your 9-5 work) was a priority. You needed to compete against the best and defeat the best in order to know you were the best...and all resources were put towards this. We all know what happens to the other components of your life...without attention and effort, they suffer. That is not, according to our need and strive for balance, productivity in any sense. Productivity, according to the current me, contains all aspects of my life that are appreciated, needed and attended to and as a result comes the homeostatic satisfaction we all strive to feel. Enjoy reading this blog!:
http://zenhabits.net/no-hurry/
http://zenhabits.net/no-hurry/
