It’s not your screen. It’s your pace.

You might think you’re uninspired.
But you’re not empty, you’re overflowing.

The problem isn’t laziness.
The problem is that your nervous system is running too fast.
Speed numbs.
When you rush from one moment to the next,
you don’t give life a chance to touch you.

We often think overstimulation is only digital.
That if we turn off our screens,
peace will return on its own.
But overstimulation doesn’t live in pixels alone.
It’s in days without breathing space.
It’s in conversations we hurry through.
It’s in thoughts sprinting as if they’re late for something.

True rest isn’t unplugging.
True rest is slowing down.

Everything that’s alive moves in cycles:
the seasons, the tides, the flowers… and you.
When you override your own timing
to adapt to a world that worships speed,
you lose touch with your instinct.

Of course you can’t hear your intuition while rushing.
You can’t hear a whisper
standing inside a hurricane.

So slow down.
Speak slower.
Walk slower.
Think slower.

Fold your clothes as if you’re tucking them in for rest.
Walk down the street as if you’re greeting the earth.

In that slowing down, the emptiness begins to fade.
And quietly, almost unnoticed,
your spark returns.

-Nina