Slow Down, Speed Up: The Hidden Power of Pausing

Mr. Fireside
6 min readOct 26, 2023
Photo by Katie Moum on Unsplash

In the high-speed lanes of our digital age, there’s a kind of urgency that governs our daily lives. The rhythm of *beep*, and *ping*, the ceaseless flow of information, and the relentless expectation to keep up, be available, and perform at our peak. As I reflect on this constant rush, an age-old paradox emerges: To truly speed up, sometimes we must first slow down.

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