A moment to savor

We’re all getting super-efficient—with PPE, surge planning, pharmacy shortages—as a survival strategy. It’s a way of getting the work done while limiting our droplet exposure. But if we don’t shift out of our efficiency mode of being once we leave work, it’s all too easy to buzz through the good stuff at home. And then the renewal that comes with that good stuff doesn’t happen. Today, we discover what slowing down makes possible: savoring. It turns out that our ability to self-regulate the meaningful experiences in our lives is something we can cultivate. Savoring is a way of taking back control that is linked to well-being. While you walk home, hit pause on the automatic-future-projection machine that is your brain. In just a few minutes, you can retrain it to savor.