Zach Eanes’s Reviews > The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World > Status Update

“It’s wise to regularly deny ourselves from getting what we want, whether through a practice as intense as fasting or as minor as picking the longest checkout line. That way when somebody else denies us from getting what we want, we don’t respond with anger. We’re already acclimated. We don’t have to get our way to be happy.”

“Part of the story is that we chose money and stuff over time and freedom. We opted for a new 4K projector for movie night instead of a life of unhurried serenity and peace and power.”