
“Slow living is kind of this weird duality of being prepared, organised, systems in place, knowing what’s coming, managing expectations, and being flexible and fluid and understanding that life happens.”The hostful is back, baby, and this one is big. We’ve got a personal and travel update, a heap of excellent listener questions, and we reveal the new Slow Experiment for May! It’s been a while since we sat down and answered listener questions, and it feels like something of a homecoming. Your questions never fail to inspire me, and I often find myself thinking about them for days and weeks after. This episode is no different as we talk a lot about flexibility versus rigidity, spontaneity versus organisation, and expectations versus reality, not only in answer to your questions, but also as we do a deep dive on what the past few months have taught us (some of it has been rather uncomfortable, if I’m being honest). On a similarly uncomfortable note, the North American release of SLOW is fast approaching, and with the official release date being July 10 and pre-orders now available, it’s feeling very real. As Ben and I discuss early in today’s episode, plans for tour events are coming together and I can’t wait to share them, but we’re also going to need your help. A cross-country book tour is no joke and if there’s any possible way you think you might be able to help – venues, media, logistics, bulk food, grocery and restaurant recommendations (seriously!), must-see stops along the way – let us know via email. One thing I’ve learnt about myself over the past few years is my tendency to take on all the jobs and then slowly wither under the pressure, so this is me getting honest and telling you that I can’t actually do that. This provides a really beautiful link to some of the questions we answer in today’s episode, as a number of them revolve around the theme of expectation – both our own expectations of what we believe life “should” look like and the expectations we feel from external influences such as friends, family, social media, marketing, advertising etc. A number of the questions ask specifically about slow living with young kids:
- How is it possible to live slow when kids are fast and noisy and endlessly curious and messy?
- Is there a way to extricate yourself from the busy-ness of young kids (activities, birthday parties, etc) without upsetting people?
- How can slow living apply to families with one or more kids who have additional needs?
- How did we know it was time to pull the trigger on our trip? What signs were there to show that we were ready for a huge change?
- How are we managing the day-to-day of slow travel? What does that look like?
- What has surprised, challenged or delighted us most about our trip so far?
- problem solving
- mindfulness
- paying attention to tiny details
- focus
- creativity in work
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You won’t be coming to Michigan. But some ideas of venues would be:
-Large Farmers Markets…you’ll find a lot of people who live simple lives and are very community oriented.
-Libraries
– Health Food stores, such as Whole Foods
– Coffee shops
Maybe they aren’t the greatest ideas, but wanting to help.
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