Because I am such a visual person, my SLOW campaign (mentioned here with another link back to original 2009 posting) keys on having little signs posted all over in places that are obnoxiously in my line of sight. For example, I stick them on my computer monitors, my dashboard in the car, my medicine cabinet, and above the spot where I dump my purse every evening. I move them around to other annoying places as soon as I realize I’ve stopped looking at them.
The current signage was, literally, a slow sign such that you’d see in a construction zone on the highway: a yellow diamond with black type saying SLOW. These are getting pretty beat up, and I barely see them anymore so I’ve updated them:
I’ve added verbiage to this version as an extra reminder of when I should be doing something slowly. I don’t list every opportunity (the list would have gone on forever), but this is enough to jar me into mindfulness. These are now printed about 2″ x 3″ and I’ll be posting them right away.
LIVE SLOW in 2011!
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January 16, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Melissa Mashburn
I like the Slow Campaign! It is a good way to remind ourselves to take life at a slower pace. Good idea.
January 16, 2011 at 8:27 pm
monkeywithglasses
Thanks, Melissa. It’s been an ongoing New Year’s Resolution since 2008, and as long as I try different things to keep it fresh – the main theory behind it is the same from year to year – it has been working well for the most part.