Hurry Slowly Jocelyn K. Glei: The Tyranny of Urgency
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Feb 2, 2024 Jocelyn explores the struggle between society's rush for productivity and the slower, more organic processes of creativity. She emphasizes the importance of patience in allowing ideas to mature naturally. The discussion highlights how modern technology promotes an urgency that can stifle genuine creative expression. Through embracing a slower rhythm, listeners are encouraged to reflect and appreciate the unfolding of their creative journeys.
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Ripening as a Patience Anecdote
- Jocelyn shares a personal story about how a spiritual teacher used the metaphor of ripening to explain the timing of insight after her breakup.
- The metaphor highlights waiting for moments to be fully ready like a ripe peach before taking action or making decisions.
Urgency Embedded in Technology
- Modern apps embed values of urgency, speed, and instant gratification into daily life.
- These technological rhythms conflict with natural creative and life cycles that require patience, reflection, and gestation.
Life's Natural Rhythms vs Urgency
- Life and creativity follow natural rhythms of growth, maturation, and rest, which are incompatible with relentless urgency.
- The culture’s incessant demand for acceleration disrupts these essential cycles and harms well-being.
