Slow Life Quotes

“Technology has become a crutch I'm using to get through an uncomfortable experience. Its a way of putting off the work but still convincing myself I'm doing something worthwhile. Aside from talking to my family, none of it has been worthwhile. In this instance technology is a distraction that is keeping me from feeling uncomfortable, from thinking too deeply, from doing too much. The biggest culprits behind the endless scrolling:
- Boredom
- procrastination
- emotional discomfort
- self sabotage
- self loathing or dissatisfaction
- habit
- looking for someone or something to inspire us.

Always pay attention to what we're doing and why we're doing it. Use it as a tool, not as a crutch.”
― Brooke McAlary, Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World

“Escapism preserves our sanity when the ever-increasing complexity and pace of modern life becomes too much.”
― Fennel Hudson, Wild Carp: Fennel's Journal No. 4

“After being still for so long, I am incapable of moving quicker than ivy growing over a rock.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Waterside Year: Fennel's Journal No. 2

“When you buy a boat, check the hull; when you buy a house, locate the view; when you enter a relationship, connection, connection, connection.”
― Jo Brunini, Never a Cloud

“People who grow up in cities and urban jungles have stories.
People who grow up in Villages and small Towns have tales.”
― Crestless Wave

“Nothing marvelous had happened to Wang Qiyao, but through careful cultivation her life had also sprouted countless little sprigs that held the promise of developing into something.”
― Wang Anyi, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai