How To Make Time Slow Down
Spark #84 - One quiet practice that shifts your pace—without changing your schedule
Time stress is real.
It creeps in when your days feel too full and your moments feel too fast.
It’s the tension behind your eyes. The tightness in your jaw. The sense that life is moving fast, and you’re just trying to keep up.
Years ago, I read something in The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle that I’ve never forgotten:
“If you want to make time slow down, be present in the moment.”
That line lives in my bones.
Because it’s true—when you're lost in thought or rushing ahead, time flies by.
But when you’re fully here, even the ordinary feels different.
Somehow you:
see more
hear more
feel more.
Try this:
Drop your attention below the neck
Notice your breath
It’s not complicated.
Noticing is the first step to slowing down time.
Research supports this. When we’re emotionally present and fully engaged, we actually experience time as moving more slowly1.
So whether you’re walking the dog, stirring soup, or answering emails—
do it fully.
You may find there’s more time than you thought.
✨Simple support for busy days.
Droit-Volet, S., & Meck, W. H. (2007). How emotions colour our perception of time. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 11(12), 504–513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2007.09.008
Brilliant, so simple, and yet so true. It reminds me of Thich Nhat Hanh's saying 'Making a cup of green tea I stop the war' - indicating that when you are simply being present, making the tea, you are no longer at war within yourself.