Welcome! This page is your “quick start guide” to all things Sloww.
Let’s run through 10 questions you may be thinking:
- Who are you?
- What is Sloww?
- Who is Sloww for?
- What are the free eBook & email newsletter?
- How can I go straight to the best content?
- What are some other interesting things I should know about?
- What if I want to see a bit of everything the site has to offer?
- What is the Premium Membership?
- How can I support the site?
- How can I follow and contact Sloww?
Start Here
1. Who are you?
👋 Hi, I’m Kyle—the human behind Sloww.
I’m an ex-marketing executive who became a corporate dropout after an existential crisis. After years of living and learning (and learning and living) I finally found my life purpose in my 30s: synthesizing the art of living for students of life.
Everything you see on Sloww is a result of my existential crisis (late 2015) and a reflection/record of my journey since then (site launched in mid-2017). Sloww is essentially my public, digital, “commonplace book” where I’ve attempted to combine and align everything about myself: my personality + my purpose + my play + my philosophy + my philanthropy.
Thinking is my passion (what an epiphany to realize thinking itself can be a passion)! The term I’ve found that best describes what I do is “synthesizer” or “synthesist.” I’m not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, or guru. Who am I then? I’m an interdisciplinary dot connector across all those humans and many more.
There’s no operating manual for life, but life is an open book test. We’re all copying the best of those who came before us and “standing on the shoulders of giants.” I do all the homework—researching, curating, reading, note-taking, summarizing, synthesizing, writing, creating, and sharing. You get all the highlights—so you spend less time on all those things and more time learning, practicing, and mastering.
Here’s more about my story and what I’m working on now.
2. What is Sloww?
Sloww is a trusted resource of lifelong learning that guides you to see and understand yourself and the world in new ways—catalyzing your human development and transforming your entire life.
I’m creating the web’s deepest guide to the art of living through an interdisciplinary synthesis of the world’s wisdom across diverse yet interconnected disciplines.
Learn more about Sloww.
3. Who is Sloww for?
Sloww is for students of life. No matter where you are in your journey, Sloww is your go-to guide to the art of living fully alive.
- Synthesizers cultivating lifelong learning and a synthesizing mind (supports all stages).
- Shifters downshifting to slower, simpler, intentional living (Stage 1).
- Seekers actualizing life purpose through hero’s journeys (Stage 2).
- Sensemakers developing mental wealth and cognitive immunity (Stage 3).
- Seers awakening and transcending the mind (Stage 4).
4. What are the free eBook & email newsletter?
Hierarchy of Happiness eBook — The free 50-page eBook is delivered immediately in your welcome email. It covers 100+ powerful perspectives on how to be happy (physically, mentally, and spiritually). Read more about the eBook.
Sloww Sunday Newsletter — Sent weekly on (you guessed it) Sundays. I come across all sorts of intriguing content in any given week, and this email is where I share the best of what I find. In a modern world focused on the trendy, it’s your weekly dose of the timeless. If you’re a Premium member, you can browse the full archive of 100+ newsletter issues.
Get the free eBook and email newsletter by signing up here:
5. How can I go straight to the best content?
Sloww has 450+ posts on the site of high wisdom-per-word content so you can get wise in less time.
You can start with the most popular posts or 10 most life-changing ideas I’ve discovered.
I published my first paid eBook: Ikigai 2.0: A Step-by-Step Guidebook to Finding Life Purpose & Making Money Meaningfully (+ Bonus Workbook).
I also launched another new product for those interested in mental models and cognitive biases: Mini Mind: 365 daily emails of bite-size brain food.
Love reading?
- Book Summaries (Free): 100+ high-quality, detailed, nonfiction book summaries.
- Book Recommendations (Free): 50+ best books I’ve read to date.
- Reading List (Free): 350+ books selectively curated over the years.
6. What are some other interesting things I should know about?
Check out the list of intentional living challenges and experiments.
Like quotes? Here are the top quote posts along with my all-time favorites: Art of Living Quotes, Busy Quotes, Choice & Priority Quotes, Contentment Quotes, Death Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Minimalism Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Simple Living Quotes, Solitude Quotes, Stoic Quotes, Time Quotes
You can also use these as other jumping off points / quick start pages:
- Summary of Sloww’s first 100 posts
- Summary of Sloww’s posts 101-200
- Summary of Sloww’s posts 201-300
- Summary of Sloww’s posts 301-400
- 🔒 Summary of newsletter issues 1-50
- 🔒 Summary of newsletter issues 51-100
7. What if I want to see a bit of everything the site has to offer?
Fantastic! Feel free to use the global search bar on the site to search for specific interest areas, or browse posts by category:
Slow living, unbusyness, simple living, voluntary simplicity, downshifting, decluttering, minimalism, essentialism, financial independence, life purpose, meaning of life, death, happiness, self-actualization, lifestyle design, biology, psychology, philosophy, spirituality, systems thinking, cognitive biases, mental models, wisdom, transcendence, enlightenment, free will, and more.
8. What is the Premium Membership?
Sloww Premium has 1000+ global members from 50+ countries. Learn everything about the membership including the exclusive content, infographics, discounts, and Sloww Society online community right here: Explore Sloww Premium.
9. How can I support the site?
Please visit the Support page for a few financial and free ways to support Sloww. Anything is appreciated!
Financial:
- Become a Premium Member or purchase the Ikigai 2.0 eBook or Mini Mind daily email
- Make a PayPal Donation
- Shop / Sign up with Affiliate Links
Non-Financial:
- Subscribe to the Free Newsletter
- Follow Socially & Share Content
- Simply come back often and learn something new!
10. How can I follow and contact Sloww?
Follow along on these social channels:
Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // Pinterest // LinkedIn
You can find FAQs and a contact form here. If you are a real human who wants to get in touch, please contact me via email at kyle(at)sloww(dot)co. While I may not be able to respond to every message, I do read every single one.
If you made it this far, thank you! I’m deeply grateful you made your way here, and I hope Sloww will be a go-to guide on your own journey through life.
Go with the Sloww,
Kyle Kowalski
Founder, Sloww
