How to Find Your Direction and Stay Present: Steps 2 & 3 to Slow Living
If you want to slow down, it helps to know where you're going.
In this episode of the Slow Living Podcast, Stephanie O'Dea breaks down Steps 2 and 3 of her five-step approach to Slow Living:
Step 2: Program Your GPS — Get clear about where you're headed and what you actually want your life to look like.
Step 3: Stay Present and Positive — Stop worrying so much about what's already happened or what might happen next, and learn to focus on where you are right now.
When you're trying to transform your life, you don't have to change everything overnight. It's better to take it slowly, work through each step, and make small, sustainable changes.
In this episode, Stephanie breaks Steps 2 and 3 into bite-sized pieces and explains how knowing your direction—and staying present along the way—can help you create a slower, calmer, more intentional life.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why it's important to know where you're headed before you start making big changes
- How to "program your GPS" for the life you actually want
- Why staying present can help you slow down
- How to cultivate a more positive mindset
- Why you don't have to figure everything out at once
- How taking small steps can help you create lasting change
Keep Going
Stephanie has written more about the idea of finding and calibrating your inner GPS:
Calibrating Your Inner GPS:
Read Stephanie's article
Read Stephanie's Book
📖 Slow Living: Cultivating a Life of Purpose in a Hustle-Driven World
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Podcast Notes
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