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Slowcore HQ

"Move slow and preserve things." (h/t Tom Beck)

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The more I go out and explore the world, the slower time feels. The more I scroll on Warpcast, the faster time feels. I don’t like that, associating a technology I like to a phenomenon I’d rather avoid. For an app to slow down time is a high hurdle to pass. But in this way satisfaction can be scaled.

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Another cozy week has gone by! This is mainly typewriter footage with some other things I noticed this week. There was a NASCAR bumper sticker that gave me hard nostalgia for early 90s, 🐈2E made a friend, and my friend’s partner opened a new record store downtown (more footage to come on that later)

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Today, I'm working on Structure. Which is necessary if you truly want to slow down. Without structure, life becomes a rush. Which can be fun for a time. But ultimately leads to more and more burnout. Habits, routines, plans, themes. All various ways I craft structure into my life, without rigidity, so that I can flow with ease rather than rush through painful rapids.

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What do you you make of this, /slowcore-hq? Is slow "the fastest way to get where you want to go"?

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Hi /slowcore-hq! I thought the "move slow and preserve things" crew might appreciate this. "I’ve come to appreciate the value of Falkland’s law: unless you *must* make a decision, don’t make one. Prioritize patience and information gathering over making unnecessary decisions."

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Today was a very slow day. It's my birthday, and I spent it doing mostly just want I wanted. Some errands this morning with a friend, and then alternating between reading assigned texts and gaming. I had one package delivered today, and I need to take the trash to the road, but other than that, if I had a list there would have only been those very few things on it. I don't have the energy or the desire to pack my days with a massive to do list anymore. I seek to flow through my life, improving gradually, without hustling to burn myself out. And days like this are a blissful reminder why I like to move slow. So I can do what I want to do.

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“On Chinese social media sites, users are posting messages saying that they do not want to return to the way things were before the pandemic, and that they now have the confidence to pursue a slower-paced life.”

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As a contractor, I've had a personal rule of trying to keep at least three contracts or "baskets" to put my eggs in. I'm not sure when that rule developed, but it most likely came about with a combination of losing a contract abruptly and/or not being paid when expected, so I had a panic response. I've had the rule for years. But I recently was stressed and overworked due to one contract overtaking my time, so I terminated it (after serving appropriate notice). Instead of seeking a new one to keep cash flow, I informed my other two that I'd be happy to take on more work from them. So far they've obliged, and I'm happy with the outcome. For me, the moral of the story is that sometimes you have to break your own long-held rules in order to slow down. What fit a decade ago, might not fit now. The key is to know when to take that leap in your own situation.

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Hi, I’m Torii and this is my cozy slow life : https://drakula.app/post/d47000a0-f8e8-4c04-979a-d7f4c67c42fe?invite=nbcHpM

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I love slower paced, quieter movies featuring people closer to life, finding beauty in the smaller things. This one is a favorite. Beautiful movie. Very slowcore. https://youtu.be/KcwKPRfTMa4?si=vf-jZFREud8q3Pvj

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Humble brag: even in the midst of one of the most hectic weeks of my life - hosting family members visiting from abroad, organising my wedding, getting married!, and interviewing for a potential new job - I still managed to move at my own (slow) pace and keep my streak here. That goes to show how cozy and nurturing this channel has become. Thank you, thank you! 🐌

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One of my slowcore inspirations is the Black Power Naps project. They create art installations specifically designed for rest and comfort. I'd like to create a version of their "black bean bed" someday. "Black Power Naps refuses institutionalized exhaustion and demands the redistribution of idleness, down time, and quality sleep." https://www.berlinartlink.com/2020/08/04/against-extractivism-an-interview-with-fannie-sosa/ https://www.wlrn.org/show/sundial/2019-12-05/art-installation-explores-the-racial-inequality-of-sleep-and-offers-reparations

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I *should* be taking notes on the Aristotle readings for the Social & Political Philosophy class, or reading the chapter for Neuroethics and studying the brain structures for the quiz, or working on a lab assignment for Human Origins and Prehistory, or reading the chapters for Anthropology of Religion... Instead, I'm dicking around on Farcaster, Midjourney, and ChatGPT 🤣 But really... that's just false mental rush... that ingrained urgency... the *should* in there... that's a bad word in my language 😘 None of those things are due today. Or tomorrow. Most are due Sunday. I know how long it takes me to do those things, I know how to pace myself, and I know that I need dopamine in order to be able to do them. Which I build up by dicking around on Farcaster, Midjourney, and ChatGPT. So much of our rush is internal, not external. Yes, we have deadlines, but we also need to work *with* ourselves, not trying to rush ourself beyond our capacity or out of where we need to be.

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