Last Updated: Feb 9, 2021
Sloww currently has 300+ posts on the site. You can skip to the most popular posts below, or read “short” summaries of posts 1-100, posts 101-200, or posts 201-300. Happy learning!
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Most Popular Posts:
- “Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles (Book Summary)
- 3 Profound Life Lessons from “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace
- Eternal Purpose: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren (Book Summary)
- How to Build Better Habits with “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Book Summary)
- On Enlightenment: 3 Meanings of the “Chop Wood, Carry Water” Zen Quote
- I had an Existential Crisis! (+7 Ways to Positively Navigate Yours)
- 10 Life (& Work) Hacks from “Essentialism” (Book Summary)
- A Simple Wellness Strategy: MEDS (Meditation, Exercise, Diet, Sleep)
- Slow Living 101: What is Slow Living?
- The Truth about Ikigai: Definitions, Diagrams & Myths about the Japanese Life Purpose
Slow Living Post Series:
- Slow Living 101: What is Slow Living?
- Slow Living 201: A Deep Dive into Slow Living & The Slow Movement
- Slow Living 301: How to Start a Slow Living Lifestyle
- Bonus: What is Downshifting? How to Transition into Simple Living
Busyness Post Series:
- Busyness 101: Why are we SO BUSY in Modern Life? (7 Hypotheses)
- Busyness 201: A Brief History of Work & BUSY in America
- Busyness 301: The Future of BUSY, Work & Leisure
- Bonus: Research Says We’re Not Busy — So Why Do We FEEL So Busy?
Happiness Post Series:
An updated version of this post series is available as a free eBook — The Hierarchy of Happiness eBook
- Happiness 101: The Beginner’s Guide for How to be Happy (Money, Simplicity, Relationships, Culture)
- Happiness 201: The Advanced Guide for How to be Happy Psychologically (Expectations, Practice, Choice, Purpose)
- Happiness 301: The Master’s Guide for How to be Happy Spiritually (Presence, Letting Go, Transcendence, Joy)
Ikigai Post Series:
My new ikigai eBook is live! It includes everything I’ve learned about ikigai over the last five years — Ikigai 2.0: A Step-by-Step Guidebook to Finding Life Purpose & Making Money Meaningfully (+ Bonus Workbook)
- The Truth about Ikigai: Definitions, Diagrams & Myths about the Japanese Life Purpose
- What is the Hedgehog Concept by Jim Collins? (& How Does it Compare to Ikigai?)
- Ikigai 2.0: Evolving the Ikigai Diagram for Life Purpose (& Why and How it Needs to be Redesigned)
- My Ikigai 2.0 — A Detailed Personal Ikigai Example of How to Find Your Life Purpose
- 🔒 Monetizing Purpose Synthesis: How to Meaningfully Make Money from Your Life Purpose (+ Infographics)
Synthesis Post Series:
An attempt to better articulate what I do.
- “So, what do you do?” An Introduction to Synthesis, Integration, Interdisciplinarity, & More
- Synthesizers: Why the Future Belongs to the Idea Connectors
- Combinatorial Creativity: The Art of “New” Ideas & Why Everything is a Remix
Top Book Summary Posts:
See my full reading list and all book recommendations.
- “Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles (Book Summary)
- Eternal Purpose: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Synthesis
- How to Build Better Habits with “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Synthesis
- 10 Life (& Work) Hacks from “Essentialism” (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Synthesis
- 10 Life-Transforming Themes from “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu (Book Summary)
- A Deep & Detailed Summary of “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Summary
- A Deep Look at “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary #1) + 🔒 Premium Synthesis
- Create Your Life Purpose with the Why Discovery Process from “Find Your Why” by Simon Sinek (Book Summary)
- 20 Conscious Themes from “The Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Summary
- 18 Wealth Lessons from “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel (Book Summary)
- 15 Legendary Themes & 75 Quotes from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho (Book Summary)
- Everything from Money to The Meaning of Life: Wisdom from “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Synthesis
- A Tough Love Approach to Spirituality: “Awareness” by Anthony de Mello (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Summary
Top Life Purpose Posts:
Wondering about my recommended purpose approach? See the ikigai post series above.
- Start Here: What is Your Purpose in Life? 10 Deep Thoughts to Guide Your Hero’s Journey to Finding Life Purpose
- And Here: 🔒 Life Purpose Search Synthesis: I Googled “Life Purpose” & Read 100+ Articles (Literally)
- Spiritual Approach: Your Purpose on “A New Earth” (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #2)
- Religious Approach: Eternal Purpose: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren (Book Summary)
- Vocation Approach: On Vocation, True Self, & the Inner Journey: “Let Your Life Speak” by Parker J. Palmer (Book Summary)
- Talent Stacking Approach: What is a Talent Stack? (& How I’m Thinking about My Unique Stack)
- Simple Approach: Life Purpose: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna (Book Summary)
- Inspirational Short Story: Edit Your Purpose: The Story of the Cracked Pot
- Inspirational Perspectives: 20 Life Purpose Perspectives from Oprah’s “The Path Made Clear” (Book Summary)
- Mortality Approach: 15 Deep Insights about Death to Understand the Meaning of Life & Live Fully Alive and Write Your Own Eulogy — Then Live Up To It
Top Money Posts:
- 🔒 Behind the Scenes: My Evolving Relationship toward the “Money Middle Way”
- “How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)” by Naval Ravikant (Summary & Infographic)
- FIRE 101: A Beginner’s Guide to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)
- How Much Income is Enough Money for Well-Being, According to Research?
- The 80/20 Rule for Money: The 3 Ways Americans Spend Most of Their Money (& How You Can Save More)
- Money Showdown: Average American Spending vs Sloww’s Household Expenses (& How we Cut our Spending 30% in a Year!)
- Is the American Dream Waking Up? The Truth about Social Mobility in the US
- What is Geographic Arbitrage & 7 Interesting Ideas to Get Started
- Lifestyle Inflation: The Danger of “I Deserve This”
Top Work Posts:
- Total Work: When Humans are Transformed into Workers and Nothing Else (Were we Born only to Work?)
- Post-Workism & Total Work: 5 Future Scenarios when the Religion of Work Loses Followers
- The Busy Spectrum (High Busyness): What You Need to Know about Workism & Hustle Porn
- The Busy Spectrum (Low Busyness): What You Need to Know about Bullshit Jobs & Performative Busyness
- Thought Experiment: What if You Only Had a 15-Hour Workweek?
Top Practical Posts:
- My Buy Nothing Year: How I Bought NO Clothing for a Year & 5 Things I Learned
- How to Start a Slow Living Lifestyle (10 Ways to Get Started)
- 10 Slow Travel Tips for Your Next Adventure
- Digital Minimalism Defined & 10 Digital Declutter Tips
- Too busy? 10 Tips for Slowing Down & Becoming Unbusy
- 7 Unbusy Tips for the Daily Work Grind (Reader Q&A)
- Timeboxing: The #1 Productivity Hack for Actually Doing Your To-Do List (+ 10 Timeboxing Tips)
- Decluttering 101: How to Declutter Your Home Crash Course (12 tips, methods, and approaches)
Top Quote Posts:
- 45 Lifelong Learning Quotes that will Inspire You to be a Student of Life
- 25+ Art of Living Quotes to Inspire the Ultimate “Work” of our Lives
- 11 Daily Life Quotes to Set Your Perspective Every Morning in 1 Minute
- 19 Deep Life Quotes to Ponder for How to Live in 2019
- 35+ Alan Watts Quotes on the Meaning of Life, Knowing Yourself, Slowing Down, & More
- 15 Legendary Themes & 75 Quotes from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
- 10 Purposeful Themes & 25 Top Quotes from “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
- 40 Marcus Aurelius Quotes, 7 Deep Questions, & More from “Meditations”
- 50 Profound Quotes & 5 Deep Questions from “The Lessons of History”
- 30+ Sadhguru Quotes from the Yogi, Mystic & Visionary on Seeking, Inner Engineering, & More
- 15 Timeless Thoughts from Naval Ravikant + 50 Naval Quotes on Peace, Happiness, the Meaning of Life, & More
- 35+ Deep Daniel Schmachtenberger Quotes on Civilization Design, Game Theory, Sense-Making, Sovereignty, & More
More Personal Favorites:
- 🔒 Stream of Consciousness: Do You Live Life, or Does Life Live You?
- 🔒 Stream of Consciousness: Can you be Selfish AND Save the World
- 🔒 How to Live a Wise Life with “A Calendar of Wisdom” by Leo Tolstoy (+ Infographic)
- 🔒 How to Reach Self-Actualization & Be a Healthy Self-Actualizer (+ 2 Infographics)
- 🔒 How to Reach Transcendence & Be a Self-Actualizing Transcender (+ Infographic)
- An Introduction to “Ego Development Theory” by Susanne Cook-Greuter (EDT Summary)
- 50+ Deep Perspectives on Humanity’s Underlying & Ultimate Challenge (Hint: Ourselves)
- The Modern Art of Living: With Great Choice comes Great Responsibility
