Thanks so much for writing this. I have struggled in the world of journalism because I can't handle the superficial, high-speed churn of the news cycle. Then, becoming a mother, time changed completely, which our societies can make very challenging but I think there is so much to learn there.
I see and feel you! Definitely a lot to learn re: shifting our relationship with time. I love your framing of "loveconomics" <3 wishing you a restful weekend!
Kia ora. Thank you so much for your writings, I have only just found your page.
This morning I made a post, my first in a long time but with the intention to continue the conversation on a more regular and consistent basis. In the post I explore the concept (practice) of slowing down by means of deepening awareness, framed against a world that feels increasingly more demanding and urgent in the multiple crises that need to be addressed.
To then come across your page and specifically this post feels affirming that there is an ecosystem on this platform of like minds, exploring these topics. I think I'll keep following this thread.
Thank you for this. You’ve articulated something I’ve been experiencing over the last year but did not have the words for. I changed habits intentionally, fully deleting social media/not watching the morning news, with the main goal of not giving my attention to billionaires, advertisers, and my phone. What I had not expected from those changed habits was to feel a real difference in the way I experience time. Time slows, being present becomes an easier to reach baseline, and the slowness allows for uninterrupted and deep thinking. For me it’s started to make sense now why capitalist and power hungry people do not want anyone to have the time or understanding to think deeply or think for themselves, to question the way we have been living. bc that would stop this machine.
Thank you so much for sharing your reflections! I think you'd also really resonate with my interview with Johann Hari on his book Stolen Focus, which speaks to your experience quite explicitly. Our episode is titled "Reclaiming our capacities for deep thinking and intimate engagement": https://www.greendreamer.com/podcast/johann-hari-stolen-focus
Wishing you a slow weekend of grounding and presence <3
On the both/and front, I never forget this weird little piece of trivia I read a few years ago, a couple economists out of the UK published a study that essentially said 'we could meet our climate targets tomorrow if everyone worked four (4) hours per week.' Kind of silly to simplify it down that much, maybe, but it gets a point across. I do try to trust that any stepping off of the hamster wheel for any reason, any degree of disengagement from hustle for hustle's sake, is itself political, no matter the reason and no matter how imperfectly it's handled. Can 'slowing down' be a veneer and a product instead of (or alongside of) a true disengagement? For sure. But at the end of the day, one day at at time, we either fuel the machine or we vest our life energy in something else. I celebrate any embodied gesture toward unfueling the machine - and trust there are as many ways to invest in mutual flourishing as life has ways.
Interesting. Thank you for sharing. I find myself turned off when people criticize popular movements that are at their essence good but need improvement. I like when we can see the nuance of both/and. "The movement towards this is the right direction and we can add this to it." It's inclusive thinking without perpetuating divisiveness, especially amongst people who are likely to agree with each other.
Thank you for sharing your reflections! I align with the additive approach of yes-and — *and also* I have seen enough from different movement spaces to know that sometimes unfortunately it is "the movement intended to go towards this, but it has been co-opted or is veering off track from its core values and that is worth challenging." Here I think of how Martin Luther King Jr. critiqued the prioritization of “a negative peace which is the absence of tension” over “a positive peace which is the presence of justice.”
Thank you, I appreciate this viewpoint. I'm really speaking for myself and how certain attitudes feel in my body. It's like parenting-- giving positive affirmations, as opposed to shaming wrongdoings. Even people co-opting movements for financial gain, for example, might still at heart believe they are doing something positive and they need guidance. That's why it's important you wrote this piece. 💚🙏💚
I agree with that! I do believe most are doing their best given what they know and have been taught. Centering our work in love and empathy can be so profound. Thank you for all you do! 🩵
Thank you for sharing this, I never knew about the U’wa’s battle.
Their victory proves that the most transformative work moves at the speed of trust and solidarity.
I also believe in this and I am slowly working on funding and developing my sustainable innovations that I believe will help the world become more sustainable. Although it might take time, I see it as worth it and hence dedicate my life to it.
I would love to share one such innovation with you, which is a new housing architecture that might help the world in it's battle to achieve degrowth.
I left a link to an article explaining the architecture, you can check it out when you have time.
Beautiful exploration. Thank you for weaving the yes/and. It’s a question I get often in my work in decolonizing Time, when people begin to unsee colonial time and want to step outside of it for new ways of being. We are in a liminal generation, of many that it will take to shift us out of this imperial project (both the inner and outer shifts). When can see and feel ourselves in deep, spiral Time again it removes the adrenaline from urgency enough to shift a bit, and a bit, in the push pull of this liminal space.
Thank you for so eloquently reflecting on this remembrance of different ways of relating to time, and for your work on decolonizing time <3 love to you and all you do!
Thanks so much for writing this. I have struggled in the world of journalism because I can't handle the superficial, high-speed churn of the news cycle. Then, becoming a mother, time changed completely, which our societies can make very challenging but I think there is so much to learn there.
I see and feel you! Definitely a lot to learn re: shifting our relationship with time. I love your framing of "loveconomics" <3 wishing you a restful weekend!
Thank you and I’m glad you like ‘Loveconomics’! Wishing you a lovely weekend too!
Kia ora. Thank you so much for your writings, I have only just found your page.
This morning I made a post, my first in a long time but with the intention to continue the conversation on a more regular and consistent basis. In the post I explore the concept (practice) of slowing down by means of deepening awareness, framed against a world that feels increasingly more demanding and urgent in the multiple crises that need to be addressed.
To then come across your page and specifically this post feels affirming that there is an ecosystem on this platform of like minds, exploring these topics. I think I'll keep following this thread.
Ngā mihi nui ki a koe.
Kia ora, what beautiful alignment! Lovely to be nurturing this ecosystem with you. Thank you for all you do. Sending much aroha to you and yours!
Thank you for writing this.
I had the same experience reading about the politicization of slowness here as I did reading about the politicization of self-care.
I imagine the two could come together in important and interesting ways!
Absolutely! Thank you for highlighting the connective threads there. Lots more to explore, for sure!
Thank you for this. You’ve articulated something I’ve been experiencing over the last year but did not have the words for. I changed habits intentionally, fully deleting social media/not watching the morning news, with the main goal of not giving my attention to billionaires, advertisers, and my phone. What I had not expected from those changed habits was to feel a real difference in the way I experience time. Time slows, being present becomes an easier to reach baseline, and the slowness allows for uninterrupted and deep thinking. For me it’s started to make sense now why capitalist and power hungry people do not want anyone to have the time or understanding to think deeply or think for themselves, to question the way we have been living. bc that would stop this machine.
Thank you so much for sharing your reflections! I think you'd also really resonate with my interview with Johann Hari on his book Stolen Focus, which speaks to your experience quite explicitly. Our episode is titled "Reclaiming our capacities for deep thinking and intimate engagement": https://www.greendreamer.com/podcast/johann-hari-stolen-focus
Wishing you a slow weekend of grounding and presence <3
On the both/and front, I never forget this weird little piece of trivia I read a few years ago, a couple economists out of the UK published a study that essentially said 'we could meet our climate targets tomorrow if everyone worked four (4) hours per week.' Kind of silly to simplify it down that much, maybe, but it gets a point across. I do try to trust that any stepping off of the hamster wheel for any reason, any degree of disengagement from hustle for hustle's sake, is itself political, no matter the reason and no matter how imperfectly it's handled. Can 'slowing down' be a veneer and a product instead of (or alongside of) a true disengagement? For sure. But at the end of the day, one day at at time, we either fuel the machine or we vest our life energy in something else. I celebrate any embodied gesture toward unfueling the machine - and trust there are as many ways to invest in mutual flourishing as life has ways.
Interesting. Thank you for sharing. I find myself turned off when people criticize popular movements that are at their essence good but need improvement. I like when we can see the nuance of both/and. "The movement towards this is the right direction and we can add this to it." It's inclusive thinking without perpetuating divisiveness, especially amongst people who are likely to agree with each other.
Thank you for sharing your reflections! I align with the additive approach of yes-and — *and also* I have seen enough from different movement spaces to know that sometimes unfortunately it is "the movement intended to go towards this, but it has been co-opted or is veering off track from its core values and that is worth challenging." Here I think of how Martin Luther King Jr. critiqued the prioritization of “a negative peace which is the absence of tension” over “a positive peace which is the presence of justice.”
Thank you, I appreciate this viewpoint. I'm really speaking for myself and how certain attitudes feel in my body. It's like parenting-- giving positive affirmations, as opposed to shaming wrongdoings. Even people co-opting movements for financial gain, for example, might still at heart believe they are doing something positive and they need guidance. That's why it's important you wrote this piece. 💚🙏💚
I agree with that! I do believe most are doing their best given what they know and have been taught. Centering our work in love and empathy can be so profound. Thank you for all you do! 🩵
Thank you for sharing this, I never knew about the U’wa’s battle.
Their victory proves that the most transformative work moves at the speed of trust and solidarity.
I also believe in this and I am slowly working on funding and developing my sustainable innovations that I believe will help the world become more sustainable. Although it might take time, I see it as worth it and hence dedicate my life to it.
I would love to share one such innovation with you, which is a new housing architecture that might help the world in it's battle to achieve degrowth.
I left a link to an article explaining the architecture, you can check it out when you have time.
Thank you for reading and for all you do!
You are welcome. When you have time you can read the short article
Beautiful exploration. Thank you for weaving the yes/and. It’s a question I get often in my work in decolonizing Time, when people begin to unsee colonial time and want to step outside of it for new ways of being. We are in a liminal generation, of many that it will take to shift us out of this imperial project (both the inner and outer shifts). When can see and feel ourselves in deep, spiral Time again it removes the adrenaline from urgency enough to shift a bit, and a bit, in the push pull of this liminal space.
Thank you for so eloquently reflecting on this remembrance of different ways of relating to time, and for your work on decolonizing time <3 love to you and all you do!
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