This post is a reply to Daniel’s and Rafa’s thoughts on simplicity, overwhelming “needs” of professional growth, rush and routines. Those posts resonated with me. Here I just connected the nodes between them all. conversaciones
Since 2026 started, my life is a blur too. The constant movement, the routine, and the overwhelming rhythm of university are some of the causes of it. My head is over-saturated of tasks, schedules to be organized, full to-do lists and much more. At the end of the day, everything passes by. But on the way I lost all my energy. And my beloved ones suffer the consequences: I stop smiling, I do not listen to them, I do not spend time with them anymore.
In general, we all live in a rush. We don’t know why but is like you should always be growing. And I agree with Rafa on this: most of the time is just self-imposed, or imposed by our environment. For me, it is just “not self-controlled”, or is unconscious. I’m trying to say that, rather than focusing on what external factors are making us feel (we can’t do nothing for it), why not focus on what we actually can change?
Wait. Before you continue reading, take a deep breath. (…) Now you can keep going.
Let the environment be rushed if they want. Let others keep growing, but you don’t need all of it. You can live more simply if you want. You just need to be brave.
What I’m trying to say is: If we focus on being conscious of our hustle, then its easy to pause. And pause is the solution. Is that simple: When you know you’re walking too fast, just stop, pause and wait for a little. You don’t need to rush. And you can keep waiting for life. Look at the trees, listen to people and your environment, close your eyes, take a breath.
I practice this, and helps me calm down. Living slowly and stopping by the details, is the way I found of making everyday feel memorable.
Being always busy make us less human. What is the point of all those activities, if we miss the really important things? People says that doing nothing with others is an unproductive activity. I miss being unproductive with friends. I don’t have time for my family now. I “don’t have” time for praying either.
The solution to this hustle culture is doing nothing. But we don’t have the braveness for stepping aside of our “extra busy and important life”. Spending time in other’s life is the most unproductive thing someone can do, that’s what the world says.
I encourage you to assume the protagonism of your life, and rest for a little, without worrying about nothing. Probably, nothing will happen. I’m sure that important task can wait some hours. Put down your phone and let yourself bore for a little. Focus on simple things again. Be with others outside, drink something with a friend, pray or look at the trees.
And if you already feel rested, then go and keep up with your responsibilities. But this time, do everything slowly. Do it with all of yourself: Read slowly, walk slowly, talk slowly. You don’t need to rush. Speed is the most un-human thing we ever had. Cars go at 60km/hr, we don’t.
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