If you want time to slow down
Oh, hi friends!
Fifteen minutes here, fifteen minutes there.
Yesterday during lunch, while scarfing down my tuna sandwich and salad, I watched one MasterClass directing lesson with Ron Howard. He gave advice about working with actors and then did a rough run-through of a scene from Frost/Nixon. (Loved watching this movie recently.) I heard his notes and saw the actors improve. I learned something.
I used to keep a book on my desk. Cracked open and laid facedown. After finishing an edit, I’d open it and read a few pages. A palate cleanser after track changes and rewriting a kicker. One book gave me a single narrative.
Sometimes I would check my phone instead. Then eight texts and four emails and 60 tweets offering 60 links would speed by. Why? When I wanted one narrative, why turn to the opposite?
Diving into one thing for 15 minutes and learning a bit always feels better than fractioning your time and attention in those same 15 minutes.
If you'd like time to slow down, slow it down.
My Animal Mood
Me, asking Colin for the fourth time this week, "Uhh, what day is it?"
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Love, Kara