SLOW DOWN!

Honore, C (2005) TED talk: In praise of slowness Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness?language=en

(Accessed: September 2018)

Notes

• "a break in the mindset that fast is best.."

• "live better" by slowing down

• "more pleasure and health" (slogan taken from the slow food movement)

• slower rhythms

• relaxation, deeper psychological state of being

• slow city movement - connect with one another - "slow down to smell the roses"

• quality of life and productivity go hand in hand - Scandinavian countries are proving this

• let the brain slide into the creative mode of thought

• decompress and slow down for what is important - family time, time spent outdoors, a lunch break, a walk..

• think creatively and dream

• time to enjoy and savoir

• it is a cultural taboo - slow=lazy, dopey, stupid

• there is a "good slow" - take time to eat with family and without the television, making the time to savior your life

• "SLOW DOWN!"

Cover photograph is one taken on a recent trip to Madagascar in July 2017 where time most definitely slowed down as I had the privilege of staying in the Sahamalaza Rain Forest.