22: Slow Down to Speed Up: How Space Makes You More Effective, Present, and Sharp

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This is the story of when I accidentally flushed down my phone in the toilet and felt incredibly relieved!
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I used to be addicted to being busy. The more I stuffed in, the better I felt. Until it all became too much and I felt suffocated instead.
I remember one day when I was studying at Uppsala University, I was 24. At the time I was vice president of the student union, so on top of all the studies and parties, I had a huge amount of meetings and other commitments.
And one day, I accidentally dropped my phone in the toilet and flushed!
Pooff, and it was gone!
Probably from doing so much multi-tasking and being so busy. And tired!
But the crazy thing was that instead of panicking that my life-line was gone, I started laughing hysterically.
I was so relieved that I couldn’t be reached for at least a few days, until I managed to get a new phone.
That constant feeling of being haunted, where I wasn’t in control of my own schedule, and not seeing the end and a break, made me go bananas.
And so many of those things I loved, and had chosen myself! And still, it made me totally exhausted.
This was the time leading up to my first mini-burnout, and a few years later, I crashed for real.
In hindsight, I can see all the things that led to that, but not at the time. I had no idea how to slow down and take care of myself.
Today, we're diving deep into a topic that's close to my heart – the art of slowing down to speed up.
That is; how to find space & rest in a busy schedule, to own your time, so you can continue performing at a high level, and maybe even higher?
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