Is Slowing Time Down as Simple as Paying Attention?

We live in a culture that talks about time like it's an enemy.

A small tilt in attention can stretch a moment. You don't need to flip the whole hourglass.

"Time is a thief."

"Time is running out."

"I never have enough time."

Honestly, it's exhausting.

I prefer to think of time as a gift. Every morning, you wake up with another blank page, a chance to write your narrative for the day.

How will you use it?

The tragedy we ignore isn't that time passes. It's that we waste it on comparison, worry, regret, imagining the lives we could be living, and scrolling though highlight reels of people we wouldn't even invite over for a beer. What if we used those minutes to notice what's around us, or to finally try the hobbies we claim we never time for?

Time can slow down, but only if you slow down yourself and pay attention. It takes choosing to turn time into stories that matter, the ones you'll remember.

~Alissa Blevins

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