“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing,”
- AA Milne
As we step into a new season, there’s enough distance behind us to reflect on the first days of the year, and enough horizon to imagine the possibilities of what lies ahead. Time has a way of clipping by at a precipitous pace. There is a profound recalibration that happens when we resist the urge to optimize every hour. When we stop trying to be efficient with every moment of our existence.
We cannot buy, create or persuade our way to have more time. So it comes down to the question, “How are we using the time we are given?”
This month feels like a natural time to take a thoughtful pause with that question. A breath between what has been and what will be. A chance to stand still long enough for the muddy water to settle and clear. What would it look like to recalibrate? To choose one small reset ritual before this month gathers speed.
A habit reconsidered.
A boundary redefined.
An hour protected for stillness and rest.
Not because time is scarce, although it is.
But because time is sacred.
Let this be the moment you choose to slow down. A day, a week, a single breath.
x Alisa
Photo credit: Ann Hamilton, from the “Still and Moving” exhibition
No beginning, no end → a commentary on time.
A video collaboration with my talented friend, photographer, florist Sky Lin.