Shel Pink sat mesmerized, watching a tortoise on his slow—somehow self-satisfied—walk across her kitchen floor. Step by deliberate step, he seemed in a constant state of meditative calm. Pink’s son had brought home his class pet, Torti, and what a contrast he provided to Pink’s own fast-paced life.
That was about 10 years ago, and “it was just the beginning of all these social media platforms,” Pink said. “I was beginning to feel the stress of checking these multiple voicemails and multiple emails and the smartphone, and I knew things were just going to keep speeding up.”
