time spending

I’ve mapped the things I’m renouncing together on one page. One of the outcomes of all the renouncements is leading to me having more money or time. This is shown with the box in the middle. The questions are, what should I spend my money and time on, should i spend it at all, and should I earn it more. Consuming is spending, and to take yourself out of the cycle of consuming we must stop spending, both money and time. To effectively take ourselves out of the cycle, we should limit our earning to only that which we need. So there is some argument to say if I save time then I should not spend it earning money, because I’ll only have to spend it, and re-enter the cycle.
The slow movement aims to get people to slow down their lives, to achieve ‘connection to people - ourselves, our family, our community, our friends, - to food, to place (where we live), and to life.’

I think that slowing down is a great concept, but it is too hard for most to give up their fast paced lives in one go. Some suggestions for becoming slower are on the Wikipedia entry for slow movement, also see here and here. I think I would prefer to live a slower life, but I enjoy being busy. I’m not sure if I live the fastest life anyway, because the busyness in my life allows me to relate to people, and interconnect during activities. I accept that I could spend more time doing nothing, or something relaxing, or chatting with people (I often feel I am always in transit), but why not connect with people over dinner, during a futbol training or while rehearsing for a play.
I like that the slow movement’ main facets is the belief of the right to pleasure. Its not a restrictive movement which requires people to do nothing at all, but take up something slower. Even some things which we consider ‘doing nothing’ now may be considered as slow, such as knitting, talking with friends, reading for leisure etc.

I still haven’t decided how or if I will spend my remaining time.