Welcome to Subscribing to Slow!
Join the community looking to slow down and build a life based on their values
Are you looking to embrace slow living?
Burnout, hustle culture, mindless living….I could go on but these are all terms that we are hearing on a daily basis. This newsletter is about flipping these on their head and focusing on living life at a slower, more manageable pace based on what’s important to you. Why don’t you join me…
What’s your version of success?
It’s only over the last five years or so that I’ve really taken a good hard look at what is and isn’t working in my life (although the breaking point was building for a long time). As an introvert, I had tried to live in an extroverted way for too long. I didn’t really think I could do anything differently if I wanted to be “successful” - big career, lots of money, own a house, buy stuff to put in that house, amazing social life (even though you are at work 12-14 hours a day)…. The issue was, that’s not my version of success, I don’t think it’s many people’s version of success (if it is, go get it, I wish you lots of luck)!
After 15 years of going at a million miles an hour at work, pushing and striving and stressing, and then not having any time for the rest of my life, plus a period of burnout in my late 20s/early 30s triggered by a health scare, then another about four/five years ago, I woke up and realised I couldn’t do it anymore. The ironic thing is that all the pushing and the striving and the consuming hadn’t gotten me anywhere! I wasn’t anywhere near the top job in my field (I now see that as a blessing), I didn’t own a big house, nice car, or go on exotic holidays. I was just tired, miserable, in debt and realising that all of the decisions I had made, were based on what I was told I should want by people close to me, companies, social media and people I didn’t actually know. Where was my voice in all of this? What did I actually want?
So, now what..?
Now, after much soul-searching and introspection, I am much closer to understanding my version of success, I am happier and I live much more in line with my values. That’s what I want to talk about here, in this growing community, how I got here, how to re-define success for yourself and what others are doing to live a slower life that’s more in line with who they are.
I still have more work to do here, after all, I am unravelling decades of social conditioning. I hope you will join me on the rest of the journey…
What to expect when you subscribe
There will be some figuring it out as I go along but I am going to aim for one post a week covering slow living/simplicity/living life on your terms. This post could be focused on life in general or a specific area of life where I made significant changes, career, relationships, money, lifestyle for example.
There is also talk of me and the husband doing a podcast where we unpack these topics together and I can get his point of view (which is always interesting - we talk about this stuff A LOT!).
So for now, join me and help me to build this community. Get involved, share your thoughts in the comments, and spread the word by sharing the newsletter with people in your life. It’s time to Subscribe to Slow Living….see you there.