The Art of Slow
NOT THAT LONG AGO, my friends and family would regularly complain that they didn’t see me nearly enough. “Can’t you just stay for a cup of tea?” my mom would ask as I breezed in and out of her home long enough to give her a kiss and get a quick update on the latest life events. Though I’ve always cherished those closest to me, for too long I arranged my days around meetings, deadlines, and, well, all-things VegNews. Sound familiar? Most of us suffer from this same loop-de-loop—allowing our work to dictate our every waking hour. The tech-dominated world we live in only perpetuates that dynamic, and for those of us lucky enough to love our work, it can be hard to break free. But as I get older and (hopefully) wiser,…