I don't know about you, but I'm embracing the 'Slow' movement. Slow food, slow motion, slow holidays. Slow everything. Reducing the blood pressure; making space to think in a frenetic world; choosing substance over style. I've read a book about it. I'm only on my third day of Slow, so I'm still trying things out. Let's take today's experiment.
Location: Supermarket queue.
Scenario: Waiting behind gormless-woman-with-monthly-shop-for-the-world-and-its-dog. Challenge: (remember - I'm embracing Slow) Relax and breathe. Smile serenely.
Sequential Outcomes:
(a) Breathing relaxed for two minutes.
(b) Smile maintained for three minutes.
(c) Autonomic nervous system in meltdown.
(d) Mentally sticking pins into voodoo doll of gormless woman.
(e) Ripping open gormless woman's box of Shreddies and throwing them at her.
(f) Escorted from store by security.
Clearly there's still work to do.
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