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What the world is writing
The pieces on this page are not ours. We run a feed that scans what gets published about slow living; the ones I find worth keeping end up here.
Each headline carries a short summary of the piece; the detail page has a link to the source itself and — if we have something to say — our note. We don’t have to agree, and we don’t have to comment on everything.
The yearly bill for slow living in Portugal
A bill drawn up for a reader thinking of moving from Northern Europe or the US: rent, utilities, healthcare, the D7 visa, a tax regime that has closed, and the currency spread nobody budgets for. Its own closing line: slower is not automatically cheaper.
Read on → 2 September 2026 · Business Insider · Kathleen O’DonnellFour years in Greece: the underside of slow
An American writer who moved to Athens counts the part of the Mediterranean pace nobody advertises: a country that shuts in August, supermarkets closed on Sundays, a “tomorrow” that means nothing precise. And the sharpest point last: slowness isn’t distributed equally.
Read on → 2 September 2026 · Real Simple · Sammi CaramelaThe writer who moved to a Hallmark town
After a hard breakup, a journalist moves to a small town at the edge of the woods in New Jersey and draws three lessons: wanting peace isn’t weakness, you’re never too old to find your people, and your passions deserve room. She ends up leaving her job for freelance writing.
Read on →There’s no telling when something lands here. Some weeks three, some months none. We’re in no hurry, as you know.