Friday, 4 January 2019

Why You Can't Slow Down

a post by Margarita Tartakovsky for the World of Psychology blog



You know exactly what you need to do to slow down. You need to meditate. You need to sit on the couch, and catch a breather. You need to say no to additional assignments and commitments. You need to practice yoga, and take a few days off.

But you can’t.

In fact, you ramp up your workload instead. You hustle even harder. You pack your schedule even tighter.

And, when you stop for a bit, if you actually stop for a bit, you wonder, Why? Why can’t I slow down? Why is resting so hard for me?

For starters, slowing down is getting harder and harder in our culture, because our society worships busyness. It has become a medal of honor.

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