Living Life in the Slow Lane

You can't do everything, but you can do what matters to a life lived well

We rush through our days with the years disappearing faster and faster. To live well, we may need to make an effort to slow down. Tatiana Gordievskaia/Shutterstock

A simple statement I’ve been reminded of recently is that we can’t do everything and expect to do everything well.

Our society prioritizes efficiency and productivity. Many work long days, fill every minute of their schedules, rush from one thing to the next, and create systems that allow for tasks to get finished faster.