The Joy Of Slow Living: Why We Chose To Trade Hustle Culture For A Simpler Life

Slow Living can be challenging. We live in a world that constantly bombards us with messages that glorify busyness and the hustle. It’s fair to say Gabby and I used to feel like we needed to keep up with this way of life. As a result, work became our priority over things that bring us joy. However, after a shock redundancy, everything changed. We had no choice but to downshift... So we bought a narrowboat and moved onto the canals to live slower. Since then, we’ve chosen to embrace a simpler lifestyle. Concentrating less on our careers and more on what makes us happy. In this week’s video, we discuss what slow living means for us, from spending time outside in nature to having the time to cook nutritious meals. Slow living is all about balance. As always, thank you for watching & we’ll see you next time Jack & Gabby x ------------------- WATCH NEXT A tour of our narrowboat home - How boatlife saved me - How We’re building our own home - READ Gabby’s blog on Slow Living: SLOW LIVING BOOKS 📖 Seeking Slow: Reclaim Moments of Calm in Your Day - 📖 In Praise of Slowness - 📖 Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down - 📖 Kinfolk Wilderness - SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL If you’d like to buy us a coffee, that would be very kind 🙏 - ABOUT US We’re Jack and Gabby. Since 2019 we’ve lived an alternative lifestyle travelling the canals of the UK. Truthfully, we had wanted to find a slower, more simplistic way of life for a while. But, it was a shock redundancy that gave us the final push. We stumbled across boatlife and haven’t looked back since. Living on a narrowboat is not without its challenges. For example, the lifestyle is fully off-grid so we have to manage our resources such as power and water. For us though, boatlife has provided that ’real’ life that we were desperately craving. If you want to find out more about our journey to living on a narrowboat and our slower, more simple lifestyle then please do take a look at our Instagram. Find us at: FIND ME Website/blog - Subscribe to our mailing list - Follow us on Instagram - CONTACT US thistinylife@ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - intro 00:14 - the backstory 01:08 - what is slow living 02:40 - appreciate the small things 04:28 - connecting with nature 05:00 - foraging nettles 06:17 - conclusion Disclaimer - some links may be affiliates.