Slow : simple living for a frantic world / Brooke McAlary.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xix, 262 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781492665540
- 1492665541
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Free Yourself from a Frantic Life and Embrace the Joy of Slow Living
What is slow living? It's a way to find happiness by stepping away from the never-ending demands to constantly succeed and acquire more and more. It's easy to get stuck in the carousel of frantically wanting, buying, and upgrading the things in your life. The philosophy of simple living is about finding the freedom to be less perfect and taking time to enjoy the pure joys of life: a walk in the forest, sharing laughter with family, a personal moment of gratitude. Reconnecting with the living world can help you integrate moments of peace, joy, and mindfulness into an otherwise rapid life.
Simple living: After being diagnosed with post-natal depression, Brooke McAlary learned about the power of minimalism and found that the key to happiness was a simpler, more fulfilling existence. She put the brakes on her stressful path and reorganized her life to live outside the status-quo, emphasizing depth, connection, and meaningful experiences. Brooke shares the story of her journey alongside practical advice for simplifying in ways that work for your life.
In Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World, you'll find:
Guidance for forming your own slow life Ways to declutter and de-own Tips to replace messiness with mindfulness Paths forward to answer the question "Where to now?"Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World is an excellent addition to your library if you have read Soulful Simplicity, The Art of Frugal Hedonism, The Year of Less, or Destination Simple.
"Originally published as Slow in 2017 in Australia by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso.
"Are you constantly striving to keep up with life's busy expectations? It's easy to feel consumed with the desire to "succeed" and "acquire" and miss the simple opportunities waiting for you to slow down: a walk in the forest, sharing laughter with family, a personal moment of gratitude...Slow provides practical advice and fascinating insights into: messiness to mindfulness, decluttering to de-owning, asking why to asking where to now? Slow is an invitation to live, not just to exist."--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260).
Start with why -- Declutter -- De-own -- Mindfulness -- Disconnect to reconnect -- A cabin in the woods -- Wobbly balance -- The art of the backslide -- Where to now? -- Further inspiration.