Tag: Slow Life

• Scheduling slow time when you’re the busiest

  

  “The best time to relax is when you don’t have time for it”.   Sydney J. Harris September has been the busiest I have ever been, in the most beautiful of ways. This month began on the beaches of Southern France, and will end in the mountains of Alberta. In between, I’ve planned and hosted…

  Nahya

  September 28, 2025

  Fall, Life, Reflections

  Autumn, Birthday season, Fall, Gratitude Journal, Journaling, Life, Life Reflections, mental-health, mindfulness, Reflections, September, Slow Life, Slow Lifestyle, Sundays, The art of noticing

• Springtime Sabbatical

  

  “A spring breeze is blowingI’m bursting with laughterWishing for flowers” Matsuo Basho Losing my job at the beginning of Autumn felt fitting. As if on cue with the leaves falling outside, the ending of that job felt like a release. The winds of change were telling me that it was time for something new. Autumn…

  Nahya

  May 22, 2025

  Flowers & Garden, Life, Outdoors, Reflections, Spring

  2020 Unemployment, April, Career Advice, Cherry Blossoms, flowers, High Park, Life, Life lessons, Magnolia, May, Nature, Peace, Sabbatical, Sakura, Seasons Poetry, Slow Life, Slow Living, Spring, Toronto, Unemployment

• An Unhurried Holiday Season

  

  As December begins, I am choosing to be intentional about how I want this season to feel for us. If I can use one word to describe our overall approach to Christmas this year, I would choose: unhurried. Unhurried for social events. Unhurried for gifts. Intentional in connecting. Intentional in just being. After the last…

  Nahya

  December 1, 2022

  Reflections, Winter

  Candlelight, Christmas, Connection, December, Family, Friends, Gathering, Holiday Season, Holidays, Slow Life, Slow Living, Unhurried, Wellness