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🗓️ 9 December 2020
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0:00.0 | This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1825, how to slow the F down by Melanie Schwader of |
0:06.5 | brighterwild.com. And I'm Justin Malik, the guy who's been reading articles, book excerpts, |
0:11.6 | even student essays to you every day including holidays for almost five years, |
0:16.3 | covering personal development or self-help, how to live a better life, and a lot more. |
0:20.8 | It's always with permission from the authors or websites. Just hit the subscribe button in your |
0:25.3 | podcast app to get new episodes for free. And with that, let's get right to it and start optimizing |
0:30.8 | your life. How to slow the F down by Melanie Schwader of brighterwild.com |
0:41.7 | Seems like we're all moving ahead at breakneck speed these days, doesn't it? Everyone is busy, |
0:47.1 | overworked, and over-scheduled. Our bodies are crumbling under the pressure, and we can't get |
0:52.2 | our minds to slow the heck down enough to go to sleep at night. Everywhere you look, there's |
0:57.3 | the message to keep going, work harder, do more things. Our collective fomo is causing us all |
1:03.5 | too much stress, too much anxiety, and making us focus on the things that aren't actually |
1:08.3 | nourishing or valuable in life. But how do we get off the treadmill and actually slow the heck down? |
1:14.7 | Over constantly jumping from one task to the next, our nervous systems get overloaded, |
1:19.5 | and our dreamers get sapped. It's not a sustainable way of living. No wonder so many of us need caffeine |
1:25.6 | or other stimulants to function in the day and then rely on meds to get sleep at night. No boy, |
1:31.1 | I know you guys. We have to learn how to purposely slow down our life and get a little more white |
1:36.4 | space in our schedules. I'm not just talking about taking a vacation. Vacations are important to |
1:42.0 | get out of our ruts, expose us to new environments and get some R and R. But what about the rest of the |
1:47.7 | year? How on earth can we slow the pace when we are in the middle of our usual work, school, or |
1:53.4 | family obligations? I hope that this blog comes at a good time for you too and helps you find some |
1:59.0 | peace. Here are my top seven ideas for slowing down, getting some Zen and moving forward with more |
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