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Tag: minimalism

  • Slow Down in a City That Wants You to Speed Up

    Slow Down in a City That Wants You to Speed Up

    Slow Nature is the idea of cultivating small moments of nature observation in daily life. Here are ways to discover what can be solved by walking.

  • Count the Animals You See

    Count the Animals You See

    This week’s experiment to count the animals you see is inspired by the marvelous book “Dear Data: A Friendship in 52 Weeks of Postcards.”

  • Notice How Time in Nature Makes You Feel

    Notice How Time in Nature Makes You Feel

    Nitin Das’s “How Forests Heal People” is a beautiful meditative film about how nature affects us. Will a nature break today change your mood?

  • Walk Into the Walden Zone

    Walk Into the Walden Zone

    To truly notice nature, we have to let go of our smartphones. Only then will we, just like Thoreau, find our Walden Zone when we go outside.

  • Put Nature on Your Calendar

    Put Nature on Your Calendar

    If you want to simplify your life and pay more attention to urban nature, put natural events on your calendar. Give yourself reminders to pay careful attention to wildlife migration and plant life-cycles in the city. Seek out monthly prompts to focus your attention and cultivate anticipation.

  • Currently Reading: New Slow City

    Currently Reading: New Slow City

    William Powers tries out the self-paced and simple life in NYC in his thought-provoking new memoir “New Slow City: Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City.”