{"id":1337,"date":"2012-05-01T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/wordpress\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2012-05-01T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T07:06:10","slug":"slow-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/01\/slow-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

At times when I am very busy, when the tendency is to become unsettled, upset, panicked, I employ a coping mechanism that works for me. I think the idea actually came from the opening of the old TV show, the Six Million Dollar Man. Whichever show it was showed someone running very fast, but in slow motion. He’s making all of the rapid moves, but slowly.<\/p>\n

I picture that slow running man when I am in situations that require a lot of thinking and a high level of activity. I picture myself slowing down, taking things much more slowly than usual. The background music becomes slower, softer, more gentle. So do the thoughts swirling around in my head. By slowing down, I avoid all of the hazards of haste- the frenzied movements, things being misplaced, bumping into things, feeling stressed.<\/p>\n

I have my list. I do things one at a time. And I take my time.
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Hanging out with my buddies<\/p><\/div>
\n(and I stay less focused)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At times when I am very busy, when the tendency is to become unsettled, upset, panicked, I employ a coping mechanism that works for me. I think the idea actually came from the opening of the old TV show, the Six Million Dollar Man. Whichever show it was showed someone running very fast, but in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,9,11],"tags":[89,90,96],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-emotional-health","category-ramblings","category-travel","tag-china","tag-emotional-health","tag-travel","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t