I came across the term “Deceleration” recently. This resonated with me, because I think it’s a conversation worth having. It’s a movement to “slow down” and resist the ongoing march we’ve been experiencing the last decade with technology.
I live a pretty decelerated life as it stands. I work from home and I’m here in the mornings to see my kids off to school, and I’m here to greet them when they get back home.
I work in an efficient way, measuring results, not hours. My “work day” is not very long.
I don’t participate in social media. At all.
I put myself on a news diet. I only visit a few newspaper sites at the times that I choose and read about the daily news and then that’s it. I don’t let news interrupt me.
I got satellite radio for my car so I can listen to music without commercials or news breaks. Frankly, I’ve felt “assaulted” in the past by breaking news. News that I have no control over so why let it invade my life at moments that are not my choosing?
My phone is on silent almost always. I check my emails or incoming texts at times that I choose, not times when the phone alerts me. Everyone that I deal with understands this is how I manage my phone.
I schedule meaningful phone calls with the people I need to.
I value deeper connections with fewer people over mass amounts of shallow connections.
I use my own internal private metrics to measure how things like this blog are performing. I don’t compare it with anything else.
I use a lot of my new found spare time for reading, self-growth and learning.
Weather permitting, I take walks. Often with my phone left at home.
I get a weekly massage.
I acknowledge the above is atypical. That is why I’m sharing it.
