The most recent issue of
Good Magazine focuses on a notion that's come dangerously close to extinction: slowing down. Covering such widespread topics as agriculture, communities against suburban sprawl and cheating death, the mag has a nifty "Good (and readymade) Guide to Slowing Down." One of our favorites from this DIY list is number six, "How to Cultivate Conscious Laziness."
Good posits the truly radical notion of staying in bed all day as one that's harder than it seems. The truly competent and successful among us don’t generally spend all day horizontal, but a true dedication to slowing down provides a different definition of success.
The concept involves not just sleeping to the wee hours of late afternoon, but truly and totally—in the spirit of John and Yoko—committing yourself to a bed-ful existence, and letting "sweet lethargy take over.”
With tongue-in-cheek humor, the advice doesn't forget the strangeness of such an exercise, recommending satin pajamas and smoking jackets, and a cocktail hour “to differentiate 'day' from 'night.'" The editors suggest infomercials, as well as flavored ice cubes (to keep tastebuds dazzled) and the ever useful "Fine Literature."
Read the full article on the Good site.
