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Sloww Stage 1 (Intentional Living): How do I design a lighter lifestyle?

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This post is part of a series on What is Sloww?:

Stage 1 Contents:

· Overview of Stage 1

· Posts on Busyness, Unbusyness, & Slow Living

· Posts on Downshifting, Voluntary Simplicity, & Simple Living

· Posts on Decluttering, Minimalism, & Digital Minimalism

· Posts on Money & Financial Independence

· Posts on Understanding & Transcending Work

· Posts on Lifestyle Design, Life Roles, & MEDS

· Posts on Habits, Paths, Progress, & Time Management

Sloww Stage 1

Sloww Stage 1 (Intentional Living): How do I design a lighter lifestyle?

Overview of Stage 1

Stage 1 Essential Question:

  • “How do I design a lighter lifestyle?” 

Stage 1 Student Focus:

  • Shifters addressing the ‘more’ crisis by downshifting from an external focus to internal focus and intentional living.

Stage 1 Description:

  • Asking questions and learning (Stage Support above) lead to discovery of alternative lifestyle designs and more intentionality in life (Stage 1). For most people, life is heavy in both space and time—a combination of clutteredness (relationship with physical space) and busyness (relationship with mental time). Sloww supports slowing down and simplifying in a fast, materialistic world because this is the seed/gateway to everything else: subtracting the superficial “stuff” (physical and mental clutter), shifting inward where we can meet life face-to-face, and creating the inner space for all the transformation that comes next.

Sloww Stage 1

Stage 1 Posts (Full List)

You can see my own personal progression through stage 1 by skimming a summary of posts 1-100 on the site.

Note: Links with a lock icon (🔒) go to a Premium post.

Posts on Busyness, Unbusyness, & Slow Living

Busyness & Unbusyness:

Slow Living & The Slow Movement:

More Slow Living Books, Essays, & Letters:

Slow Everything Else:

Posts on Downshifting, Voluntary Simplicity, & Simple Living

Downshifting:

Voluntary Simplicity:

Simple Living:

Posts on Decluttering, Minimalism, & Digital Minimalism

Decluttering:

Minimalism:

Digital Minimalism:

Posts on Understanding Money, Financial Independence, & Relationship with Money

Understanding Money:

Financial Independence:

My Relationship with Money:

Posts on the Work-Spend Cycle, Workweek, Knowledge Work, & Transcending Work

Waking up from the Work-Spend Cycle:

Questing the Workweek:

Modern Knowledge Work:

“Total Work” & Transcending Work:

Posts on Lifestyle Design, Life Roles, & MEDS

Introduction to Lifestyle Design:

Considering your Life Roles:

MEDS (Meditation, Exercise, Diet, Sleep):

Posts on Habits, Picking a Path, Making Progress, & Time Management

Habit Building (& Breaking):

Picking a Path:

Making Progress on Your Path:

Time Management:

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  1. Cripes! Simple living in ten thousand steps. My simple-living system: Don’t read all those books on simple-living. We attract things according to our state of being. It’s not necessary to seek enlightenment. When you’re ready, enlightenment seeks you.

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    • Simple living isn’t always so simple (or easy)! I was on anything but a simple path when I discovered the concepts of intentional living, slow living, and simple living in 2015-16. It took quite a while to unlearn and relearn (or unprogram and reprogram). Not to mention, look around! The narrative, propaganda, and advertising are all about maintaining the idea of “human as consumer.” So, even though I’m on board with a much more intentional life now, society is always trying to draw you back in…

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