Our mission & vision
We embrace the concept of 不忙 (Being NOT busy) as our guiding principle. In Chinese and Japanese, 忙 (busy) combines the symbols for ‘soul’ and ‘lost,’ pointing to what busyness often leads to: a loss of inner grounding and nourishment. Our mission is to stay connected to our soul—the part of us that feels, dreams, and knows deeply—so it remains nourished and grounded amidst life’s demands.
Being lazy?
At Being Lazy and Slowing Down, “being lazy” isn’t about endless breaks or doing nothing. Instead, we redefine it as emptying the need for a result with passage of time. This mindset is central to living a slower, more meaningful, and fulfilling life. We also use the term to challenge and bring awareness to its racist colonial history.
For whom?
Being Lazy and Slowing Down is for higher-education professionals – faculty, administrators, staff, and graduate students – seeking to navigate productivity-driven lives while prioritizing holistic wellbeing. Our mission is to help you find meaning and fulfillment on your own terms, especially within an academic context shaped by neoliberal pressures and inequities, which disproportionately impact minoritized individuals.
Our approach
Through the resources we share, we problematize:
- the exclusive priority of outcome-based actions over close attention to the process; and
- the exclusive focus on the mind over body and spirit.
Employing the phrase, being lazy and slowing down, we intend to provoke the audience to include more “stop signs” or “speed bumps” in their lives to Be Mindful, Trust the Process, and Let Go of Outcomes.
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