2022 | The Summer of Slow
My head and my heart are colliding, chaotic
Pace of the world, I just wish I could stop it
Since the beginning days of 2022, I have felt this build-up of unrest and concern. Something within was becoming at odds with the world around me. I have learned over the years that this often occurs before or during significant change.
The Summer of Slow is a meditation to remind me of my values in my personal and professional life.
What it looks like:
Maintaining a strong AM / PM Routine (morning workout, breakfast, journals - bedtime routine etc.)
Everything between the AM / PM routine is unscheduled (don’t freak out: appts, and contract deadlines still maintain a place in the calendar)
A weekly beach day or evening
Write a letter weekly (communicating with those I love slowly)
Document mindfully (follow the inspirations and whims)
Read for work & pleasure often.
Visit the library often.
The world we live in is not a world that is geared to slow, yet the best and most provocative work I have been moved by so often has the story of years of thought and mindful work behind it.
I want to be that type of person.
The one who puts every ounce of insight thought, and curiosity into their work.
One can only do that at a mindful pace and from a place of intentional space.
Yet structure is where the work is honed, which is what I also seek to find in my Summer of Slow.
I seek to mine the gemstones of meditative thinking, processing, being and creating.
The underpinnings of what it means to slow the heartbeat to hear the world around me so that when I speak and move, I am doing it from a place of anchored confidence, compassion and intentions.
Onwards,
