Isbn: 9798242544390 - time: living without being chased (the quiet foundations, band 3) (5 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This book explores time not as a resource to be managed, but as a condition to be lived within. It begins from a simple observation: much of modern distress does not come from lack of time, but from a strained relationship with it. Life feels rushed, pressured, and unfinished not because time is scarce, but because attention is constantly pulled ahead of itself.The early chapters examine how time slowly became a threat. Measurement replaced rhythm, urgency replaced presence, and speed became a moral value. What once provided coordination gradually began to govern inner life, producing a persistent sense of being behind even when nothing urgent was happening.The book then turns to the psychology of time anxiety-how anticipation, comparison, and constant evaluation distort lived experience. It shows how hurry becomes a state of mind, how productivity masks fear, and how deadlines, notifications, and multitasking fracture attention and memory.A central argument unfolds: time pressure is largely learned. Systems designed for efficiency train the mind to remain vigilant, responsive, and incomplete. Over time, this conditioning erodes depth, satisfaction, and coherence, leading to lives that are busy yet strangely hollow.As the book progresses, it examines the cost of this way of living. Rest becomes guilty. Achievement arrives without fulfillment. Burnout appears quietly, without collapse. Aging begins to provoke panic rather than maturity. These are not personal failures, but predictable outcomes of lives lived without completion.The middle sections introduce a shift-from diagnosis to restoration. The book reclaims forgotten capacities: rest that truly releases vigilance, cycles that replace rigid schedules, silence that restores time's elasticity, and unmeasured moments that give life texture.Attention becomes a central theme. The book shows how single attention restores depth, how boundaries protect time, and how completion allows experiences to settle. When attention is allowed to remain whole, memory thickens and life regains continuity.Later chapters explore what it means to slow down without falling behind. Slowing is reframed not as withdrawal, but as alignment. Pace becomes something to choose rather than inherit. Speed is no longer rejected, but placed in proportion.The book also addresses larger arcs of life. Aging is examined not as decline, but as a narrowing toward essence. Time is reframed as a teacher rather than an enemy-revealing proportion, patience, humility, and wisdom through lived repetition.Seasonal living is introduced as an alternative to constant output. Life is shown to move in phases that cannot be forced without cost. Honoring inner seasons restores trust and reduces unnecessary panic.In its final movement, the book gathers these threads into a single orientation: the freedom of not being chased. Freedom is not found in escaping time, but in changing how one stands within it. Urgency loosens. Presence deepens. Life becomes inhabitable again.The book closes by suggesting that nothing essential needs to be added to life-only allowed. When attention settles, endings are honored, and rest completes itself, time stops demanding proof. It begins to walk beside you, and life, without becoming easier, becomes truer. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This book explores time not as a resource to be managed, but as a condition to be lived within. It begins from a simple observation: much of modern distress does not come from lack of time, but from a strained relationship with it. Life feels rushed, pressured, and unfinished not because time is scarce, but because attention is constantly pulled ahead of itself.The early chapters examine how time slowly became a threat. Measurement replaced rhythm, urgency replaced presence, and speed became a moral value. What once provided coordination gradually began to govern inner life, producing a persistent sense of being behind even when nothing urgent was happening.The book then turns to the psychology of time anxiety-how anticipation, comparison, and constant evaluation distort lived experience. It shows how hurry becomes a state of mind, how productivity masks fear, and how deadlines, notifications, and multitasking fracture attention and memory.A central argument unfolds: time pressure is largely learned. Systems designed for efficiency train the mind to remain vigilant, responsive, and incomplete. Over time, this conditioning erodes depth, satisfaction, and coherence, leading to lives that are busy yet strangely hollow.As the book progresses, it examines the cost of this way of living. Rest becomes guilty. Achievement arrives without fulfillment. Burnout appears quietly, without collapse. Aging begins to provoke panic rather than maturity. These are not personal failures, but predictable outcomes of lives lived without completion.The middle sections introduce a shift-from diagnosis to restoration. The book reclaims forgotten capacities: rest that truly releases vigilance, cycles that replace rigid schedules, silence that restores time's elasticity, and unmeasured moments that give life texture.Attention becomes a central theme. The book shows how single attention restores depth, how boundaries protect time, and how completion allows experiences to settle. When attention is allowed to remain whole, memory thickens and life regains continuity.Later chapters explore what it means to slow down without falling behind. Slowing is reframed not as withdrawal, but as alignment. Pace becomes something to choose rather than inherit. Speed is no longer rejected, but placed in proportion.The book also addresses larger arcs of life. Aging is examined not as decline, but as a narrowing toward essence. Time is reframed as a teacher rather than an enemy-revealing proportion, patience, humility, and wisdom through lived repetition.Seasonal living is introduced as an alternative to constant output. Life is shown to move in phases that cannot be forced without cost. Honoring inner seasons restores trust and reduces unnecessary panic.In its final movement, the book gathers these threads into a single orientation: the freedom of not being chased. Freedom is not found in escaping time, but in changing how one stands within it. Urgency loosens. Presence deepens. Life becomes inhabitable again.The book closes by suggesting that nothing essential needs to be added to life-only allowed. When attention settles, endings are honored, and rest completes itself, time stops demanding proof. It begins to walk beside you, and life, without becoming easier, becomes truer. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …