Life is slower.
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Life is slower.
This past week I have been taking everything slower, not winding down but making my activities more purposeful. I have no need to hurry the bath or wait to read the next chapter; my life has changed pace. Life hasn’t become lazy or uninteresting rather the sense of urgency and frenetic-ism which I can be prone to have taken a leave pass. There is a conscious need to enjoy each activity, to savour every meal and to finish without the rush. It’s not a bad result under the circumstances.

Self-motivation is paramount as most of us face an indefinite, “lockdown” but there is no reason we can’t take it slow. Slow is not idle and slow is not slack; it is considered. This is our moment to be considered in what we do and make positives from this world-changing crisis. It’s not easy and some days I wake with a ball of anxiety in my stomach the size of a football and others like today, I am calm. Calm is necessary to manage this marathon of change we are facing. No person will be exempt but what will distinguish us is how we manage ourselves, what we learn and how we exit the other side.
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