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A “Short” Summary of Everything I Learned in 2018 from Sloww’s First 100 Posts

12.20.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

A “Short” Summary of Everything I Learned in 2018 from Sloww’s First 100 Posts

“Learning without doing is wasted.” — Derek Sivers Sloww just recently crossed the 100-post mark. Cue: celebratory music! As the sun sets on the year, it's a good reminder to pause—take a look in the rear-view mirror and reflect. This post is … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Book Summaries, Decluttering, Digital Declutter, Essentialism, Happiness, Mindfulness, Minimalism, Peace, Perspective, Purpose, Simple Living, Simple Stories, Slow Fashion, Slow Food, Slow Health, Slow Home, Slow Living, Slow Living Hacks, Slow Money, Slow Travel, Spirituality, Unbusyness, Voluntary Simplicity Tags // Busyness, Decluttering, Essentialism, Future, Ikigai, Minimalism, Perspective, Purpose, Simple Living, Slow Living

Good Busyness? A Full Life vs A Busy Life

08.29.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Good Busyness? A Full Life vs A Busy Life

We can all relate to the busy life. The default answer to, "How are you?" has become "Busy!" "I'm so busy!!" or "CRAZY BUSY!!!!!" The busy life is never-ending. It's sprinting from one to-do to the next. Never on time. Usually late. Oftentimes … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Mindfulness, Peace, Perspective, Slow Living, Unbusyness Tags // Blue Zones, Busy Life, Busyness, Courtney Carver, Full Life, Haemin Sunim, Ikigai, Slow Living, Unbusy

“Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” (Book Summary)

08.07.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 6 Comments

“Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” (Book Summary)

If you're just looking for a quick overview of the ikigai concept, check out this previous post: Ikigai: The Japanese Purpose or “Reason for Being”. This post is a summary of the book Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Purpose, Slow Food, Slow Health Tags // Balance, Blue Zones, Centenarian, Happiness, Humanity, Ikigai, Japanese, Longevity, Purpose, Slow Living, Supercentenarian

Ikigai: The Japanese Purpose or “Reason for Being”

02.04.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

Ikigai: The Japanese Purpose or “Reason for Being”

Looking for a book summary of  Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles? You can find that Ikigai book summary here. I've read and personally explored a lot about purpose over the last few years. … [Read more...]

Categories // Essentialism, Perspective, Purpose Tags // Balance, Blue Zones, Happiness, Humanity, Ikigai, Money, Purpose

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