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Just thought of recording my experiment with slowness. It all started with an email forward which was talking about the slow movement taking on silently in Europe starting with the concept of Slow Food, which you might have guessed as opposed to fast food. Anyway, as the name suggests the movement is all about going slow. That's it. And in every possible task - do it consciously. Sounds wonderful doesn't it - especially for all those lazy readers. Actually it is.

The prime rationale behind this is to go easy on the anxiety and do things better. Of course, we in fact practise this unconsciously- rather forced to practise it. Imagine you are in caught in a traffic at T.Nagar or wherever, possibly sweating in a hot afternoon and thousands of horns honking at you to move forward when you have just enough space to allow a current of air between you and the vehicle ahead. That is one point where your adrenaline rushes and the stress level goes to an all time high isn't it. Well the good news is that you need not feel such sensations anymore. Consciously shift your thinking about our topic - yes slowness. After all you are supposed to be slow. So, the traffic is somehow helping you. Take a deep breath, and share the philosophy with the honker. Sometimes you'll get showered with pleasant acknowledgements especially from auto drivers. Take them as your motivators and strive forward with your goal. You'll receive enlightenment. Or you can choose to retort slowly- " Youuu..areeee...aaaa... reeeeeal.....bosss......stud". The other party will never know you are praising or scolding. It really saves you from getting a bloody nose.

Further in some countries embracing this principle, the per-week work hours are restricted to 28.8. But the productivity level in these places are comparatively high.(It's interesting to compare this with a typical software engineer's work hours. Maybe its more meaningful to compare with 3 or 4 of them taken together.) That basically is because, the slower you are, the more you are able to see and avoid mistakes and hence lesser the defects and higher the productivity. It's easy on the blood pressure too. Further tea is considered as the drink of the slow. But coffee beats tea any day easily.

What happened to my experiment? It was a huge success. I woke up slowly, ate slowly, watched a slow going movie, again ate slowly and crept into the bed slowly. What about work????? It was a Sunday!

You may be interested in visiting the official slow site : http://www.slowdownnow.org/