Go Slow – How to Shift to Life in the Slow Lane

Go Slow – How to Shift to Life in the Slow Lane

We may think we’re familiar with the concept, but what does slow living actually involve? The thinking behind slow living grew from the Slow Food Movement, a philosophy which started in Italy in the late 1980s in opposition to fast food culture. From here came the broader Slow Movement which crept its way into Slow Cities (Cittaslow) and Slow Travel. To the uninitiated, shifting down a gear to life in the slow lane seems, at first, to be contrar…