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Life Purpose: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna (Book Summary)

11.05.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Life Purpose: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna (Book Summary)

"All too often, we feel that we are not living the fullness of our lives because we are not expressing the fullness of our gifts." — Elle Luna I have NO idea how I didn't stumble across Elle Luna's viral blog post or book during my existential … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Essentialism, Perspective, Purpose Tags // Book Summary, Crossroads of Should and Must, Elle Luna, Journey, Life Purpose, Money, Passion, Purpose, Time

Research Says We’re Not Busy — So Why Do We FEEL So Busy?

10.23.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

Research Says We’re Not Busy — So Why Do We FEEL So Busy?

“The difficulty of describing things for Western ears is that people in a hurry cannot feel.” — Alan Watts Isn't it interesting how that works? We can't feel when we are too busy. But, "too busy" is often just a feeling itself. This is a … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Mindfulness, Perspective, Unbusyness Tags // American Busyness, American Time Use, Busy Feeling, Busy Research, Busyness, Leisure, Mental Bandwidth, Time, Work-Life Balance, Workweek

Why Busyness is the Current Status Symbol, According to Research

09.11.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

Why Busyness is the Current Status Symbol, According to Research

Yesterday's post summarized an important piece of busyness research: “Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol” Today, I'll distill the research a bit further and also include some additional … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Perspective, Unbusyness Tags // Busyness, Conspicuous Consumption of Time, Future, Leisure, Research Study, Silvia Bellezza, Status Symbol, Time, Work-Life Balance

“Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol” (Research Summary)

09.10.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

“Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol” (Research Summary)

When it comes to busyness, there's plenty of info online that states the what (we're all busy) and gives you tips about how to unbusy your work and life. But, they often leave out why we are so busy. A fascinating piece of busyness research … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Book Summaries, Perspective, Unbusyness Tags // Busyness, Conspicuous Consumption of Time, Leisure, Research Study, Silvia Bellezza, Social Mobility, Status Symbol, Time, Work-Life Balance

Thought Experiment: What if You Only Had a 15-Hour Workweek?

09.05.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Thought Experiment: What if You Only Had a 15-Hour Workweek?

To see the definition of a thought experiment along with an example, check out this previous post: Experiences vs Things: A Thought Experiment on Spending Money. Lately, I've been going deep into research on busyness and asking questions like: … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Perspective, Unbusyness Tags // Busyness, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, Future, John Maynard Keynes, Leisure, Thought Experiment, Time, Work, Work-Life Balance, Workweek

“Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren” by John Maynard Keynes (Essay Summary)

09.05.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

“Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren” by John Maynard Keynes (Essay Summary)

John Maynard Keynes is widely regarded as one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. In 1930, he wrote Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (free PDF).  Now 88 years later, it's fascinating to look at what predictions … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Perspective, Slow Money, Unbusyness, Voluntary Simplicity Tags // Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, Economics, Evolution, Future, John Maynard Keynes, Leisure, Money, Time, Work, Work-Life Balance

Write Your Own Eulogy — Then Live Up To It

08.22.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Write Your Own Eulogy — Then Live Up To It

Who do you want to be when you grow up? Better yet, who do you want to be when you die? Why? We live our lives one day at a time. Sometimes it's easy to let the days blur together for long stretches at a time. But if we aren't living … [Read more...]

Categories // Mindfulness, Perspective, Purpose Tags // Brooke McAlary, Death, Eulogy, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Perspective, Purpose, Slow Book, Time

Slow Hack 009: Take Daily Naps for Better Health & Creativity

06.29.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

Slow Hack 009: Take Daily Naps for Better Health & Creativity

Naps are making a comeback. I'm seeing the health benefits of napping everywhere lately. Even naps at work are becoming socially acceptable. WebMD says, "America, It's Time for Your Nap." There's even an ongoing debate about whether we should get … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Slow Health, Slow Living Hacks Tags // Balance, Blue Zones, Creativity, Flow, Habits, Health, Life Hacks, Nap, Productivity, Sleep, Slow Hacks, Time

Blue Zones: How Ikarians Live Simply for 100+ Years

06.27.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

Blue Zones: How Ikarians Live Simply for 100+ Years

"The Island Where People Forget to Die" — That's the title of The New York Times article I came across during my existential crisis in 2015. I was searching through some emails recently and came across an email I sent to my dad in early 2016. … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Perspective, Simple Living, Slow Food, Slow Health, Slow Living Tags // Balance, Blue Zones, Downshifting, Humanity, Life Lessons, Perspective, Purpose, Simple Living, Sleep, Slow Food, Slow Living, Spirituality, Time

Slow Hack 008: Your Entire Life is 1% of Recorded History

06.12.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Slow Hack 008: Your Entire Life is 1% of Recorded History

"Impermanence" is a word that I feel like is following me around lately. As much as we don't like to think about it, deep down we all know that we will be gone one day. But until then, here we are! We woke up today! How much time do we … [Read more...]

Categories // Perspective, Slow Living Hacks Tags // Blue Zones, Humanity, Life Hacks, Perspective, Purpose, Slow Hacks, Time

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