Olina Qian

I recently went to Puerto Rico with bunch of friends. I shared room with two other beautiful girls. I have not share room with others for a while, then I realized something new. One girl wake up 90 minutes before we go out everyday, makeup, clean up and be well prepared. The other girl wake up 30 minutes before we go out everyday, do the same thing. When it came to me, I only wake up 10 minutes before we go out everyday, clean my face, put some lotion, then go out. When they are impressed how fast I can be, I am impressed how enjoyable when they can take things slow.

Yes, take things slowly. All my friends know that I can be fast like an arrow. In good way, you can say it is result oriented, since I do deliver results, good results. In another way, since I am going fast, I left other people behind, even part of myself.

So, when another new year approaching soon, I am thinking about my new year resolution again(Yes, again, time just goes fast. The one I wrote for 2011 still looks fresh for me). According to the new Co-Active strategy, the active-doing part is always easy to come up, what do I want it to be in my career, health, relationship, family etc, it is easy to come up with certain number and bar. When it comes to the Co part, the being part, I asked myself, what do I like to be in this brand new year, oh 2012, a special year that someone believe it is the last year of human being, a thought came to me today is — Slow down.

Yes, slow down, just slow down, enjoy every moment and every single thing life offers. There is no reason to rush to anywhere, no matter I am in an jumping happiness or blue tenderness, that is all part of life, my life. Take it slow, deep and embraces, enjoy the original thought of everything and don’t give it any meaning. Just simply slow.

Today, I claim that Slow is my new fast!