SLOW DOWN

Tips on how to slow down are tools I have in my tool box. This tool needs to come out often so I can remember how to slow down. I thought today we could go over these tips today as a good old refresher.

1. Do less: This is hard of me as I am so use to doing so much. Adapt to doing less though I need to.
2. Be Present: This is so important for me. Living in the moment or day helps me to better monitor the pace my body is acting at. It is much easier to pick up on a racing mind.
3. Disconnect: When my mind is racing our after 8pm everything including my phone is shut down for the night.
4. Focus on People: Having someone to focus on keeps me from focusing on me and gets me out of me. That really helps to relax me and slow down.
5. Appreciate nature: This is much easier to do know when I take the dog out. I love walking the dog 2x a day and listening to nature. Slows me right down.
6. Eat Slower: I have a real hard time doing this one. Eating seems to me to be a part of my day of okay I am eating let’s get this done and over with.
7. Drive Slower: This is something I am really working on. I will get there when I get there I tell myself. I will normally leave a bit earlier to allow myself for that extra time. I am amazed I have never gotten a speeding ticket in all my years of driving.
8. Find pleasure in anything: I am working at this. Trying to find different things throughout the day that I see pleasure in.
9. Single task: This is a daily challenge as I am so use to multi tasking
10. Breathe: This is something I find I have access to. If I find I am starting to speed up I stop right away and breathe.

There is a song out there with the words ” SLOW DO YOUR GOING TO FAST”. I truly understand what those words mean now. For me operating in any gear but slow I miss out on so much. Even in slow though I still manage to miss out. I am defiantly not perfect. Thank goodness I having given up on my drive for perfection. The drive is now usually make the most of each day.