About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: slowing down
Feb
08
2012
Making Sense of the Madness
Hello, minions! For some reason, there are more of you reading me than there have been in three or so years, and I’m feeling the pressure to post at least a couple times a week as a result, despite the fact that I’m swimming the seas of crazy in these moving days. God forbid you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged changing, changing things, life, moving, new pace, new places 1 Comment
Oct
11
2010
Making Plays in The Game of Life
I am in catch-up mode. We get so ensconced in our lives that all need to remember the wise words of social genius/role model Ferris Bueller: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So, when you’re like me and you’ve been out of the [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, keeping it real, Life 101, money, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), slow, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged balance, carl honore, cutting back, finding time, improving life, in praise of slow, in praise of slowness, living better, making priorities, slow, slow food, slow life, slow movement 2 Comments
Sep
17
2009
Filler
We use words like “empty” and “full” to judge qualities of life – “Oh, he’s amazing, he leads such a full life!“ “Wow. I feel so sorry for her when she leaves to go home, she looks so sad, like her night and life are so empty.” …But how much of those “full” lives is filler? And [...]
I have this nightmare, you see. I dream of one day doing a trek through the wilds of Africa, and there on the Savannah floor, the tall grasses of the veldtland blowing in the plains’ winds, the distant sounds of elephants trumpeting their majesty, lionesses roaring with pride over their conquests, and some fucker’s polyphonic GPS-ready cellphone starts to ring to the tone of Softcell’s “Tainted Love.”
Posted in Best of Steff, Consumerism, Dimestore Philosophy, keeping it real, Life 101, Lifestyle, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), slow, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged authentic life, carl honore, downsizing, getting back to the basics, in praise of slow, in praise of slowness, simple, simple life, slow, slow lifestyle, slow movement 7 Comments
On The Quieting of the Self