A Pastor Embraces Slowness - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
I recently received an interesting email from a Lutheran pastor named Amy. She had read some of my recent essays on slow productivity (e.g., 1 2 3), and heard me talk about this embryonic concept on my podcast, so she decided to send me her own story about slowing down. “A few years ago, I […]
I recently received an interesting email from a Lutheran pastor named Amy. She had read some of my recent essays on slow productivity (e.g., 1 2 3 ), and heard me talk about this embryonic concept on my podcast , so she decided to send me her own story about slowing down. “A few years ago, I realized I was on the verge of burnout with my job,” she began. To compensate for this alarming state of affairs, Amy took the following steps… She quit social media. She took off her phone any site or app that was “refreshable by design.” She implemented my fixed-schedule pro
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