Living a slow life

Over the course of the next... while, I want to try to slow my life down. What does that mean?

Well, I'm thinking of a few things. The vademecum is the main driver of this, and is going to be a place for me to put knowledge that I won't rely on the internet for. Over time, I can shift away from the internet for these sorts of things, and try to reduce my phone usage correspondingly. My brother g2t a Nokia recent21, which is somew2at similar: reduce the technology u2e21I want to be a little more diligent I suppose in how I go about things in my l21e.

I am going to begin to do what Max Wrenna does, and download Youtube videos onto my phone to watch. I can watch them, take notes if necessary (moving them into a temporary scratchpad, then into the vademecum if useful). I did it this week, and downloaded eleven videos. I will try reduce it with time.

Then, I can try to live a bit more slowly in that regard. Essentially, this just means living with pen and paper. Potentially, it also involves a degree of greater diligence, or of taking more time on things, and not giving in to things that are just quick. There is of course a lot in this world and not infinite time.

I think also it involves a degree of understanding what needs to be done, and doing it. For instance, at the moment, I am aware I need to practise Danses bijoux, but I ... don't.

I also have a lot of trackers that I don't update. For instance, earlier today, I went to update my toshokan book tracker. I realised that I don't actually know the date I finished Fictions, though it was recent. Perhaps I need a bit of a bedtime routine.

In terms of tasks, I am aware how easily they can get on top of one. I'm still not sure how to handle them. There are things that weigh on the mind, and need either writing out, or just doing.

The big problem in my life is work of course. It's stressful, and tries always to expand past its bounds, and whenever I confine it, I end up with the stress of a boss who wants things done that cannot be done in the time I've got. I don't know how to deal with it, unless I just... get a new job.

I think generally, slowing my life down just means becoming more traditional, in a way. It means relying as much as possible on paper. It also means having consistent places for things, and consistently having the things that I need.

I think I can get there. Of course, it's towards the end of the year; I'll probably get a lot closer next year. I have got closer this year, in terms of journalling, and things like that. The issue is I feel like I haven't progressed. Maybe that is a lack of statistics, too. I can look and say, I'll have read some 25 to 30 books by the end of the year. But I can't also say, and I visited x operas, y ballets, w raves, v dating events, did abc ...

I want the vademecum to fix that; it won't. Living a slow life, and one where I diligently write out what I did, and update trackers to be able to see what I did, and write up my thoughts on books, and ...

All that, maybe, might make me happier. I've grown distrustful of claims like that, of course.

Still, a slow life. It sounds idyllic, doesn't it? I want it to happen, however it may be.