This post touched a nerve. Here's my experience -
I used to be an investment banker and corporate strategy (or stragedy, if
you like) person. Pursuant to a showdown with the boss, I took a break in
late 2011. Here's how I spent my time (or, as Terry Pratchett once wrote,
"What I did in my holidays
I slowed down on 31 March 2011.
I used to work for an FM Radio station in Mumbai (having been transfered
there from the Bangalore station) and I had swiftly moved up the
organizational hierarchy from being an on-air presenter (or RJ) to being
creative supervisor, assistant program director to fina
"Slowing down" - the phase in life when making money is not the priority
anymore and there is the intention to expand to other interests that have
been at best side projects, so that they get focus.
It seems that the more i read the viewpoints, unless and if there is a) a
significant windfall that
It is a terrific experience reading all your thoughts. To me, it appears that
most people, when talking about slowing down, are just referring to removing
clutter from their lives. It doesn't mean they are actually slowing down.
Indeed, in some respects they might be working harder on a few aspects
The government had the right idea at the end of the day, bringing a high court
judge over to explain the ordinance which had already been brought and how it
actually was as close to the "permanent solution" the crowd was asking for as
was feasible. They should have brought him in much earlier i
First some background to what happened: Jallikattu is a popular rural sport
in Tamil Nadu that involves young men chasing fearsome bulls with sharpened
horns through narrow allies and mounting them bare handed. It's an
exciting, yet brutal (on the player more than the animal usually) sport for
the
John, thanks for your hones answers. It's been enlightening to read all the
answers. Charles, I hope to be as disciplined as you, one day.
One of the biggest tensions in my life has been between the activist in me,
who wants to change the world, and the recluse in me, who wants to run away
from th
Thank you so much for your honesty John. Other accounts for slowing down
always sound like they come from wherever lotuses grow (supposedly that is
where Vancouverites live!).
best wishes.
Radhika
Your goals sound similar to mine, I too stopped working as a full time
salaried employee and became a consultant. That does give you control over
your time, and allows you to slow down your life, but only if you commit
yourself to that. It's all too easy to let clients soak up all of your
time. I'
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:39 AM Ramakrishna Reddy
wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Gaurav Vaz wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone!
> >
> > I finally managed to join this amazing group after years of hearing and
> > reading about it. Thanks a lot Udhay for the invitation :)
> >
>
> Welcome to Silk,
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