Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Slow living has made my life better in many ways. But lately, I’ve started to feel that slow living is being pigeonholed.

What used to be an empowering movement for busy people now seems to have turned into escapism: living off the grid, baking, reading by the fire.

This might alienate those who could benefit from slowing down the most.

So today I want to talk about the dark side of slow living.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
01:40 You can’t live slowly in a city
04:31 Slow living became an aesthetic
05:48 Slow living is not for men
07:58 Hard work sucks
11:39 Slow living is only for the privileged

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📚 Interesting books to read:
• Stoicism For Beginners: https://a.co/d/hPU8GTX
• Minimalism 101: https://a.co/d/bJkA6Lt
• Declutter Your Life: https://a.co/d/carqttB

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