The International Institute of Not Doing Much

Slow Manifesto

There are those who urge us to speed. We resist!  

We shall not flag or fail. We shall slow down in the office, and on the roads. We  shall slow down with growing confidence when all those around us are in a shrill state of hyperactivity (signifying nothing). We shall defend our state of calm, whatever the cost may be. We shall slow down in the fields and in the streets, we shall slow down in the hills, we shall never surrender!


If you can slow down when all around you are speeding up, then you're one of us. Be proud that you are one of us and not one of them. For they are fast, and we are slow. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly. Some are born to slowness—others have it thrust upon them. And still others know that lying in bed with a morning cup of tea is the supreme state for mankind.
 

 Do less, slowly

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Forty Hours

Forty hours is long enough 
for toil and strain and strife.
It's really all too rough,
this so-called working life.

All work can make you such a bore,
so put your feet up and relax,
and don't feel guilty if you ignore
e-mail, phone, and fax.

 

SHOW YOU'RE SLOW

 

multitasking is a moral weakness

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