In today's frantic world, we find ourselves rushing from things to things. This leads us to become frantic. This frantic life is leading to a sense of overwhelm. We need to overcome this.
We are constantly trying to speak and get our points across.
We do not listen to what others are saying, we just nod along to what people
are saying without really paying any deep attention. We consume and see a lot
of things. But none of it is retained because we are not observing. Not taking
the time to make sense of what we see. We are drowning in so much noise. Even
when we take notes, we end up just scribbling. It is unintelligible and right
after taking notes, we can hardly understand what we have scribbled.
A change in perspective is needed. To reduce overwhelm, and
to become less frantic consider SLOW.
SLOW stands for:
- Speak. Don’t just talk
- Listen. Don’t just hear
- Observe. Don’t just see
- Write. Don’t just scribble
The biggest gains for me come when I write slowly and
legibly. It unlocks new insight and creativity. It provides clarity and
contributes significantly to reducing the sense of overwhelm.
Psychological hungers make us seek certainty, stimulation
and recognition. The need for stimulation might be the reason why we end up
doom scrolling on our phones instead of engaging with some content that we
enjoy. It is just seeing rather than observing. The need for recognition leads
us to try to talk and make ourselves heard instead of speaking sparingly in a measured
way and listening to others. The need for certainty, leads us to
scribble down everything we hear and avoid missing anything. But we drown in
the noise and miss the actual signal.
All these behaviours might satiate the short-term imbalance in our psychological hungers. But by implementing SLOW, by giving time and being present, we end up getting higher quality nutrients to satiate our psychological hungers.
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